Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN “I think [bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…” I absolutely love this quote by Susan B. Anthony, but it wasn’t until I read Sue Macy’s recent publication on [...]
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Wheels of Change
July 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags:Bicycles·Carolyn M. Mullin·Feminism·History·Marguerite Gast·Older Elementary·Parents·Sue Macy·Susan B. Anthony·Women's History
Swan Song
June 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I can’t imagine a more ambitious project than creating a book of children’s poems and illustrations to pay tribute to species of animals now extinct — and yet, J. Patrick Lewis and Christopher Wormell have accomplished just that in Swan Song. Without speaking down to the reader or resorting to sing-songy [...]
Tags:Animals·Childrens Poet Laureate·Christopher Wormell·Early Adult·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Endangered Species·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Extinction·Illustrations·J. Patrick Lewis·Older Elementary·Parents·Poetry·Preschoolers·Woodcut
The Happy Egg
April 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson, the team behind The Carrot Seed, created this lovely little book, which captures the life of an egg in simple terms for young listeners and beginning readers. While the use of the pronoun “it” may cause some people to cringe, vegans will appreciate that this book [...]
Tags:Animal Families·Baby Book·Birds·Crockett Johnson·Easter·Eggs·Good for Toddlers·Parents·Preschoolers·Ruth Krauss·Spring
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
Top Holiday Picks 2010
November 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Movies
By JESSICA ALMY If you’re making a list and checking it twice, consider these titles for the kids in your life. They’ve all gotten positive reviews on Vegbooks in the past year. Granny Gomez and Jigsaw by Deborah Underwood and Scott Magoon (ages 3-7). Shop online at Farm Sanctuary and a portion of the purchase [...]
Tags:Animated Movies·ASPCA·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Books for Vegetarian Kids·Deborah Underwood·Early Elementary·Environmental Kids Movies·Farm Sanctuary·Melvin Berger·Nancy Furstinger·Natural Resources Defense Council·Oceana·Older Elementary·Parents·PCRM·PETA·Preschoolers·Scott Magoon·Sheryl L. Pipe·Vegan Outreach·Zoe Weil
Ninety-Five
September 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Anyone who has ever visited a farm animal sanctuary is touched by the stories and personalities of the animals. The next best thing to visiting a farm sanctuary, is reading Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, a fabulously tender collection of farm animal biographies with gorgeous accompanying photo [...]
Tags:Activism·Chickens·Cows·Farmed Animals·No Voice Unheard·Older Elementary·Parents·Photography·Sanctuaries·vegan·Vegan Parenting·Vegetarian
New Family-Friendly Cookbooks
September 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR If there is one thing with which every kitchen should be well-stocked, it would be good cookbooks. They can make a huge difference in what you put on the family table each night. They can also help you to eat more nutritiously, and to save money. And two new cookbooks do [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Parents·vegan·Vegan Parenting·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Cookbooks·Vegetarian Cooking
Babe
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY I’d seen “Babe” years ago, at a time when I was neither a child nor a parent, so it was fun to revisit the movie with my 4-year-old daughter. What I’d forgotten, or perhaps hadn’t noticed, about the 1995 live-action flick when I’d seen it the first time was that it [...]
Tags:1990s Movies·Early Elementary·Family Movies·Farmed Animals·Farming·Live Action Movies·Older Elementary·Parents·Pigs·Preschoolers
Artist to Artist
June 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Artist to Artist is an amazing collection of 23 successful children’s book illustrators/authors giving encouragement and advice to children. Authors like Eric Carle, Tomi dePaola, Leo Lionni, Maurice Sendak, and Chris Van Allsburg share words of wisdom in a letter format. Also included are photos of the professional artists as children and an artistic self-portrait as [...]
Tags:Chris Van Allsburg·Early Elementary·Eric Carle·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Leo Lionni·Maurice Sendak·Older Elementary·Parents·Tomi dePaola
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