Review By HOMA WOODRUM This book tells the story of a real life dog named Fred who goes from a non-veg home to a vegan one when his caretaker, Gertie, becomes too ill to care for him. A large portion of the story sets up how Fred prefers people food over dog food but does [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Healthy Living'
Fred Eats a Pea
January 4th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books
Tags:Aging·Companion Animals·Death·Dogs·Food·Food Choices·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Homa Woodrum·Illness·Paula Weiner·Peas·Tiffany Whitfield·vegan·Vegan Childrens Books·vegan kids·Vegetables
Are You Eating Something Green?
August 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Upon receiving a review copy of this collection of “36 color-and-learn placemats,” I immediately tore out one of the perforated pages and set it under my almost 3 year old daughter’s dinner plate. The sheet is about the size of a piece of regular paper so the plate covered most of [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Fruits·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Homa Woodrum·Preschoolers·Ryan Sias·Vegetables
The Jumbo Vegetarian Cookbook
May 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT The Jumbo Vegetarian Cookbook is a handy resource for vegetarian parents who want to involve their children in the kitchen. Vegan families will have to either skip a number of the recipes or arrange for a work-around where dairy products and eggs are called for. The book contains a nice explanation [...]
Tags:Books for Vegetarian Kids·Cookbooks for Kids·Cooking·Early Elementary·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Jennifer Gannett·Older Elementary·Raising Vegetarian Kids·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Cookbooks·Vegetarian Cooking
Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries
April 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In our house, we’ve really enjoyed a math-themed book by the author of Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries: What is in the Fruit Group? and since it has been such a beloved read, so I was excited to see what this book all about fruit would be like. In general, it is [...]
Tags:Books to Avoid·Brian P. Cleary·Early Elementary·Fishing·Fruit·Fruits·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Jennifer Gannett
The Secret Life of Mitch Spinach
January 26th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE The Secret Life of Mitch Spinach begins in the cafeteria, where Mitch’s classmates are eating the standard American diet of pizza, French fries, and chicken fingers (this is a sad commentary on our schools today, where most cafeterias serve processed junk food). Mitch pulls out his Nutripak, filled with organic fruits, [...]
Tags:Activities·Andrea Vitali·Animal Rescue·Books for Vegetarian Kids·Cats·Early Elementary·Fruits·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Hillary Feerick·Jeff Hillenbrand·Joel Fuhrman·Older Elementary·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore·Smoothies·vegan·Vegetables·Vegetarian Kids Books·Vegetarian Protagonist
Little Pea
January 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY There are a few classic books that belong on every nursery shelf. Take for example Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle. You know the kind of books I’m talking about. You might [...]
Tags:Amy Krouse Rosenthal·Baby Book·Board Book·Candy·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Illustration·Jen Corace·Preschoolers·Vegetables
The Rainbow Bunch
January 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL After reading this story and seeing the magnetic chart, my daughter hurried to the kitchen to set up the chart and eat more fruits and vegetables! My preschooler and I really enjoyed Kia Robertson’s book about five kids who “didn’t eat right/ No fruits and veggies… not even one bite!” Each [...]
Tags:Cecilia Mariano·Fruits·Good for Toddlers·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Kia Robertson·Nutrition·Preschoolers·Vegetables
Fruits of India, Vegetables of India, and Flowers of India
January 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN When it’s Indian Night in our household, I’m usually the sous chef prepping all the fruits and veggies for our masalas, curries and chutneys. And when these three titles, Fruits of India, Vegetables of India, and Flowers of India, made their way into my hands, I was not only giddily [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Carolyn M. Mullin·Carrots·Corn·Ethnic Food·Flowers·Food·Fruits·Garden·Good for Toddlers·Grapes·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Helmut Wolf·India·Jill Hartley·Preschoolers·Roses·Vegetables·Watermelon
Simple Food for Busy Families: The Whole Life Nutrition Approach
December 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Whether you’ll like this book depends on the reason that you pick it up. If your family consumes a lot of packaged food, or eats out frequently, and you’re looking for new approaches to eating that incorporate whole foods, you’ll probably find a lot to like in this book by holistic [...]
Tags:Cooking·Healthy Living·Jeannette Bessinger·Nutrition·Parents·Tracee Yablon-Brenner
Benji Bean Sprout Doesn’t Eat Meat
October 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Sarah Rudy’s slim paperback portrays a school-age boy’s crisis of faith in vegetarianism. While this book is likely to appeal only to a narrow subsection of vegetarians, it could serve as a helpful tool for parents responding to peer pressure to eat meat. The plot is simple. Bullied because of his [...]
Tags:Chickens·Cows·Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Healthy Living·Peer Pressure·Pigs·Sarah Rudy·vegan·Vegetarian
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