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Entries Tagged as 'Huyen MacMichael'

Gobble Gobble

November 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL As my husband and I sat with our specially ordered vegan meals in front of us, I heard the wedding guests sitting on the other side of the table raving about deep frying turkeys and giving pointers to another couple about how to do it and I had an insane urge [...]

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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 [...]

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Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond

October 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This adorable take on “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” made me and my daughter want to clap our hands and sing the story. We thoroughly enjoyed reading and rereading it. My daughter got a kick out of the surprise element near the end of the book (you’re going to have to [...]

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Lucky Pigs

September 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books

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 [...]

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Come and Eat!

August 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Come and Eat! is a delicious banquet of food photos and cultural eating customs around the world. It brings to mind Time Photos of “What the World Eats” (Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet) except Come and Eat! serves to children with less of an agenda towards changing what’s on the reader’s [...]

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Mary Had a Little Lamp

July 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Cruising our local library shelves, my eyes lit upon this ingeniously light-hearted variation of the nursery rhyme Mary had a Little Lamb. Of course my daughter and I took a shine to author Jack Lechner’s descriptive rhymes right off the bat. “Mary had a little lamp- The bendy, gooseneck kind. And [...]

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Chicken Said Cluck

July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL A plucky little My First I Can Read! book that helped ease my daughter into reading. The repetition, simple storyline, and large font all make it early reader-friendly. Earl and Pearl are two kids who start growing their own pumpkins. Chicken wants to help but continually gets shooed out of the [...]

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Wave

July 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL A little girl’s visit to the beach is masterfully told without a word (aside from the title). Using only charcoal lines and blue, white, and grey paint, Suzy Lee creates an expressive dialogue between the girl and the ocean. Conspiring shorebirds humorously echo the girl’s actions and add interest and playfulness [...]

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All the Seasons of the Year

July 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Year-long Forecast: 100% chance of love. Deborah Lee Rose writes a sweet story of cherishing children through each literal and metaphorical season of the year. She rains poetic descriptions of each season beginning with fall and follows up with warm rhymes demonstrating examples of outdoor quality time activities with the child. [...]

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Hands: Growing Up to Be an Artist

June 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Every artist parent should be familiar with Lois Ehlert (author of Growing Vegetable Soup, Caldecott Honor book Color Zoo, and Planting a Rainbow, among others) and if not, Hands is the book to warm any creative parent’s heart. Unlike Ehlert’s other colorful collage-illustrated, nature focused books, this one consists of close and [...]

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