Review By JESSICA ALMY Before Granny Gomez and Jigsaw, vegetarian and vegan families had Susan Jeschke’s book Perfect the Pig. Celebrating porcine intelligence and the human-animal bond, Ms. Jeschke’s storybook also deals with animal cruelty and the problems that arise when we use animals for our own purposes rather than allow them to simply be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Meat-eating'
Perfect the Pig
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Animal Abuse·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Compassion·Early Elementary·Farm·Farmed Animals·Interspecies Friendship·Lesson Plans·Meat-eating·Performing Animals·Pigs·Vegan Childrens Books·Vegetarian Kids Books
Free the Worms!
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo is a series of books about a young girl. In Free the Worms, she is at odds with the notion that she is a vegetarian and her teacher wants the class to gather worms to feed to the classroom snake. While gathering worms with the other students, she [...]
Tags:Animal Liberation·Female Protagonist·Jacqueline Bodnar·Meat-eating·Nancy Krulik·Older Elementary·Vegetarian Protagonist
So, You Love Animals
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR For a parent who is raising vegetarian children, this book can come in quite handy. It’s a good resource for finding things to do with your children that can help them get involved with learning more about animals and their habitats, and helping to care for them. The book covers such [...]
Tags:Books for Vegetarian Kids·Companion Animals·Dissection·Jacqueline Bodnar·Lab Animals·Meat-eating·Older Elementary·Vegan Childrens Books·Wildlife·Zoe Weil·Zoo
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
December 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY The 1966 Dr. Seuss classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is a holiday tradition for my family. Kiddo, being 4, didn’t remember the movie from last year, so it was fun to watch her experience it as if for the first time this morning as snow fell outside. What piqued my [...]
Tags:1960s Movies·Christmas Movies·Dr. Seuss·Holiday Movies·Kids Movies·Meat-eating
Alice in Paris
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY This old movie, available on DVD, uses the character of Alice in Wonderland to present a variety of classic children’s stories including one featuring the French orphan Madeline. Veg parents should know that while this film depicts a child freeing captive animals from cages, the liberated animals ultimately decide to return [...]
Tags:Animated Movies·Circus·Kids Movies·Madeline·Meat-eating·vegetarian kids·Zoo
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