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 [...]
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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
101 Ways to Save the Planet
December 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN A few weeks ago I got my hands on one of those 100-ways-to-help-earth type books. I usually just scan them to see if farm animals and dietary choices are mentioned at all. All too often these books pull an Al Gore and ignore the biggest way to make a positive [...]
Tags:Activism·Carolyn M. Mullin·Deborah Underwood·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Food Choices·Older Elementary·vegan·Vegetarian
The Vegan Slow Cooker
November 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT We debated here at Vegbooks headquarters about reviewing this book — after all, it is neither a kids book nor a movie. In the end, we accepted a review copy, and the lucky job of reviewing fell to me! My family and friends didn’t seem to mind. I went into the [...]
Tags:Best Family Cookbooks·Cookbooks·Cooking·Jennifer Gannett·vegan·Vegan Cookbooks·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Cookbooks
Out of Breath
October 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM The angle that brought this book to us at Vegbooks (a free review copy) is that the protagonist in the story is vegan and a vegan vampire also is featured, so I will focus on those aspects as well as the claim that this book is appropriate for kids as young [...]
Tags:Blair Richmond·Female Protagonist·Homa Woodrum·Older Elementary·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Books·vegan·vegan teens·Young Adult
Shlemiel Crooks
March 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I’m probably not the best person to review this book, since I’m not Jewish and this book is about the celebration of Passover in early 20th century St. Louis. Still, ever since my daughter attended a Jewish preschool last year, I’ve been on the lookout for a vegan-friendly Passover book, and [...]
Tags:Anna Olswanger·Early Elementary·Holiday Books·Holidays·Jewish Culture·Judaism·Passover·Paula Goodman Koz·vegan·Vegetarian·Yiddish
Dogs Have the Strangest Friends & Other True Stories of Animal Feelings
March 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I had the pleasure of hosting Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson at a conference some years ago at Farm Sanctuary. He’s as down-to-earth as the animals he depicts in his books on animal sentience. Most recognized for When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love, Masson is a committed animal advocate [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animals·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cats·Dairy·Dogs·Elephants·Illustration·Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson·Older Elementary·Shirley Felts·vegan
Looking for Easter
March 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I’ve been on a quest for vegan-friendly Easter books for two years now, but the pickin’s are awfully, awfully slim. It’s a surprise too, since Easter is about new life, so you’d think there would be a huge number of life-affirming children’s books. Not so. Happily, Dori Chaconas and Margie Moore’s Looking [...]
Tags:Baby Animals·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Dori Chaconas·Early Elementary·Easter·Holiday Books·Holidays·Life-Affirming·Margie Moore·Mothers·Preschoolers·Reverence·vegan·Vegetarian
Standing Up to Mr. O.
February 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If I had the chance to modify the lyrics to The Sound of Music’s My Favorite Things, I’d be sure to list “finding random children’s animal rightsy books at the library” as one of them. I just recently scored this little literary nibble. Claudia Mills’ Standing Up to Mr. O. [...]
Tags:Animal Rescue·animal rights·Animal Rights Books for Kids·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Chapter Books·Claudia Mills·Dissection·Female Protagonist·Older Elementary·vegan·vegan kids·Vegetarian Kids Books·Vegetarian Protagonist
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
Bulldog’s Big Day
December 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY What’s an out-of-work bulldog to do when he’s too afraid of heights to wash windows, too allergic to flowers to assist a painter who’s capturing their beauty, and too enthralled by books to shelve instead of read them at a bookshop? In Bulldog’s Big Day by Kate McMullan and Pascal Lemaitre, [...]
Tags:Animals·Baking·Cookies·Dogs·Early Elementary·Forthcoming Books·Preschoolers·Raising Vegan Kids·Recipes·Sweets·vegan·Vegan Baking·Work
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