livin veg

You might have noticed that not all children’s books portray animals with the respect we veggies like to show them. A good friend of mine reads through all books, keeping an eye out for exploitative messages before giving them to her two year old. Children learn acceptable behavior from seeing it. If it’s in a book, it must be right. So, imagine how happy I was to tell her about a veg book review site that focuses on children’s books and films.

Not only will you be up on new children’s books you might want to try out for your kid, or to give as gifts, but you’ll know whether or not a fellow veg has deemed them appropriate. Not to sound totally arrogant, but our standards are a bit more specific when it comes to acceptable themes and life lessons.

Veg Books has this to say about their site:

“When my daughter was two, I bought her a Sesame Street DVD that taught numbers and counting.  But the video was about more than 1-2-3s — one segment featured a dairy cow who encouraged kids to drink her milk!

Kids are bombarded with messages day in and day out, some of which affirm our values and some which don’t.  I launched Vegbooks to assist parents — and aunties, uncles, teachers, godparents, and friends — in finding books and movies that affirm vegetarian and vegan values.  Together we can raise children who value life, the connections between humans and other animals, and the need to protect the earth and all its inhabitants.”

Definitely check out this fabulous site. I can’t stop looking through and wanting to buy gifts for my friend’s children.

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