Review By HOMA WOODRUM Much like Jo MacDonald Had a Garden and generously provided in review form from the same publisher, Over in the Forest: Come and Take a Peek is patterned after a well known childhood song, “Over in the Meadow.” Counting, nature, animal families, and animal tracks all come into play as the song [...]
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Over in the Forest
February 22nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags:Animal Families·Animal Tracks·Beavers·Counting·Deer·Foxes·Homa Woodrum·Jill Dubin·Marianne Berkes·Mothers·Opossums·Raccoons·Skunks·Squirrels·Turkeys·Turtles·Wildlife·Woodpeckers
Jo MacDonald Had a Garden
February 6th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
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 [...]
Tags:Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Laura J. Bryant·Lifecycle·Mary Quattlebaum·Nature·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Seasons·Spring
How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum
February 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum is written by Lois Wyse and Molly Rose Goldman and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (the illustrator of the lovely Houndsley and Catina series previously reviewed on Vegbooks). I was drawn to this book when searching for other books by the illustrator and couldn’t [...]
Tags:Bugs·Dinosaurs·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Homa Woodrum·Lois Wyse·Marie-Louise Gay·Molly Rose Goldman·Natural History·Space·Wildlife
Billie the Unicorn
January 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Billie the Unicorn by Brianne Brouhard is a vividly illustrated story set in what we learn is a world where unicorns grow plants and flowers. Billie is a little blue unicorn who seems to continually long for different pastures. She tends a cornfield but ventures into the forest to learn from her cousins [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Brianne Brouhard·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Unicorn
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
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?
January 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We are Eric Carle fans so I love discovering new (to us) books with his illustrations. Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? is a great book with a veg and family friendly theme (and a wonderful companion to Mister Seahorse). Each page asks if a different animal has a mother, responding on [...]
Tags:Bears·Dolphins·Elephants·Eric Carle·Foxes·Giraffes·Homa Woodrum·Kangaroos·Lions·Monkeys·Mother's Day·Mothers·Penguins·Sheep·Swans
Fred Eats a Pea
January 4th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books
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 [...]
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
I Want My Hat Back
November 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM I am so torn about this book! The artwork is spot on and just fits (you can see it in the book’s trailer). The dialogue follows a trend I first noticed and liked in the Elephant and Piggie books where a font color denotes who is speaking. I was so excited when we [...]
Tags:ALSC Notable Childrens Book·Bears·Early Elementary·Geisel Honor Book·Homa Woodrum·Humor·Jon Klassen·New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2011
Mister Seahorse
November 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We are big Eric Carle fans but it was not until recently that we got a copy of Mister Seahorse in board book form. It follows Mister Seahorse through the ocean as he cares for his and Mrs. Seahorse’s eggs. On his way he meets with other fathers caring for their young. Interspersed between [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Eric Carle·Father's Day·Fathers·Fish·Homa Woodrum·Oceans·Preschoolers·Seahorses
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