Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL I was really excited about a true farm sanctuary pig story for children. (They are so few and far between considering how many amazing farm animal biographies are out there.) There are some really great farm animal biographies geared for adults (Ninety-Five and Farm Sanctuary) and a lovely collection of poetic [...]
Entries Tagged as 'factory farming'
Lucky Pigs
September 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags:Early Elementary·factory farming·Farmed Animals·Gestation Crates·Huyen MacMichael·Pigs·Preschoolers·Susan Rooker
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Any book that begins with the unlovely depiction of life on a factory farm, such as this one which opens, “once upon a time, there were three thousand three hundred and thirty-three chickens who lived in a great big chicken house…” has my rapt attention from the start. In Henrietta and the [...]
Tags:Animals·Chickens·Early Elementary·Eggs·factory farming·Farm·Farmed Animals·Hanna Johansen·Hens·Industrial Farming·Jennifer Gannett·Kathi Bhend
Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy
December 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If Deformed Frogs sounded pretty bad, get ready for Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy. Repugnant as it may be, these energy sources reel kids into learning about our global reliance on soon-to-be-dried-up fossil fuels and the numerous alternatives that are either on the market or [...]
Tags:Alternative Energy·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cows·factory farming·Farmed Animals·Farming·Fossil Fuels·Gross Books·Mark Weakland·Older Elementary
Cow
July 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR The reality that most vegetarian parents face when it comes to the way cows are treated is that the vast majority of these animals don’t have it good, to put it mildly. Pumped full of growth hormone and antibiotics, and then hooked up to mechanical milking machines, they live a production-line [...]
Tags:Books to Avoid·Cows·Dairy·Dairy Industry·Early Elementary·factory farming·Farmed Animals·Farming·Jacqueline Bodnar·Malachy Doyle·Preschoolers
Hubert the Pudge: A Vegetarian Tale
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY This book by Henrik Drescher doesn’t beat around the bush. It’s the story of a horrible pudge processing farm where the animals are kept confined until it’s time for slaughter. Happily, one small pudge named Hubert escapes on the rare occasion that Farmer Jake lets the animals outside while he cleans [...]
Tags:animal rights·Early Elementary·factory farming·Healthy Living·Henrik Drescher·Illustration·Pig·vegan·Vegan Childrens Books·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Children·Vegetarian Kids Books
Animal Babies on the Farm
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY This is a book where the publisher compiled adorable photos of animals – with some close-ups worthy of Cute Overload – and added simple text. Each page is told from an animal’s perspective. How you’ll feel about this book ultimately depends on how you believe farmed animals should be portrayed. I [...]
Tags:Animal Babies on the Farm·Baby Book·Board Book·Chickens·Cows·factory farming·Farmed Animals·Horses·Momma Animals·Moms and Babies·Photos·Pig·Sheep·Vegetarian
Olivia
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY We love Olivia! This piglet is smart, funny, and just a little mischievous. She admires Degas, imitates Pollock, and dreams of performing in an opera. Adult readers will surely catch on that Ian Falconer’s protagonist Olivia is not in fact a pig but a little girl, but this book provides a [...]
Tags:animal intelligence·Early Elementary·factory farming·Female Protagonist·Ian Falconer·Olivia·Pig·Preschoolers·Vegetarian
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