Review By HOMA WOODRUM If you’ve read Huyen’s glowing review of Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond, my take on a publisher’s review copy of the companion Jo MacDonald Had a Garden will come as no surprise. We really enjoyed this book! In fact, my three-year-old daughter was much more engaged in this than the previous book [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Good for Toddlers'
Jo MacDonald Had a Garden
February 6th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Tags:Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Laura J. Bryant·Lifecycle·Mary Quattlebaum·Nature·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Seasons·Spring
All Kinds of Kisses
January 16th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Lavishly illustrated, All Kinds of Kisses by Caldecott Medalist Nancy Tafuri is a big and bright book that follows animal parents kissing their babies. The unifying narrative that is noteworthy for veg parents, however, is that the animals featured are all connected by living on the same farm, ending with the human mother [...]
Tags:Animal Families·Animals·Baby Book·Chickens·Farm·Farmed Animals·Farming·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Mother's Day·Mothers·Nancy Tafuri·Pigs·Preschoolers·Sheep
Go, Diego, Go!
January 14th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Movies
Review By JENNIFER KALI Dora’s cousin Diego is also an adventurer, but Diego is a boy with a mission. At the beginning of each episode, Diego announces, “Hi! I am Diego and I am an animal rescuer!” Then he goes on to exclaim, “I love animals!” With his team, made up of his sister Alicia and Click [...]
Tags:Adventure·Animal Rescue·Animal Welfare·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers
City Life
January 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI We love this book. We got it for our daughter (age 2.5) for Christmas and have read it many times since then. It’s the story of a little girl thinking about all of the fun she and her two moms are going to have in her neighborhood the next day. As she lays in [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Cities·Good for Toddlers·J. Cecelia Haytko·Jeanelle Ferreira·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers·Two-Mom Families·Urban·Urban Living·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoos
Snow
December 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI This book by P.D. Eastman is part of the Dr. Seuss family. Similar in style to Go, Dog, Go, it’s an early reading book about two kids and their dog playing in the snow. They run, throw snow balls, build a snowman, ski, make an igloo. It’s a simple book with simple pictures [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Readers·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Kali·P.D. Eastman·Preschoolers·Roy McKie·Snow·Winter
I Love NY Food
November 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I Love NY Food is a inviting coloring book full of pleasing, eye-catching drawings inspired by New York City’s abundant food options. Unlike Happy Thanksliving, this is not a strictly veg-friendly coloring book and there are depictions of meat, seafood and cheese. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of [...]
Tags:Ashley Lucas·Coloring Pages·Early Elementary·Ethnic Food·Food·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Gannett·New York City·Preschoolers
Our Baby Turns Two!
October 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
By JESSICA ALMY It’s our second anniversary, and while we’ll be announcing the winner of our 500th Review Contest shortly — hold onto your socks! — we wanted to commemorate this milestone by sharing with you our picks for the best books for two-year-olds. When I launched Vegbooks two years ago, I would have never [...]
Tags:Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Board Books·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Huyen MacMichael·Jennifer Gannett·Jennifer Kali
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
October 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI Miss Spider wants to have a tea party. She sets a beautiful table and waits for someone to fly by. She invites ladybugs, ants, bees, and other insects that fly by, but none of them “would dare to share a tea with anyone so spidery.” None of the bugs will have [...]
Tags:David Kirk·Female Protagonist·Good for Toddlers·Insects·Jennifer Kali·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Books·Preschoolers·Spiders
Care Bears to the Rescue Movie
October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JENNIFER KALI I watched this movie with my daughter (2 years old) and her friend (3 years old). We were doing overnight babysitting and thought a movie night would be fun. I loved the Care Bears as a kid but knew nothing about this movie or the current incarnation of our 80’s cartoon friends. I took [...]
Tags:Bears·Companion Animals·Good for Toddlers·Insects·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers·Wild Animals
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