Can anyone recommend, or warn against, books for young vegetarian children?!
Can anyone recommend, or warn against, books for young vegetarian children?
Nothing preachy that'll make a kid feel thoroughly superior for being vegetarian, and inclined to lecture to others on the playground.
Nothing that portrays omnivores in a negative light.
Nothing that confuses vegetarianism with veganism.
Not something that's just a vegetarian cookbook for kids.
Nothing that's poorly written or poorly illustrated or otherwise a poor book choice.
Apparently, this is a pretty tall order. I want appealing storybooks that make vegetarianism a positive choice. Vegetarian children aren't _that_ rare, but it does feel like it sometimes; I want something to counteract that, but not something that'll lead to tearing a strip off Grandpa for eating a strip of bacon. I think the "animals are our friends" wears a little thin here, too, given how uncuddly and untalkative the average chicken is.
Any suggestions or warnings for veg kids' books?
5 months ago
"I believe is a choice they should make when they "can" make such a choice." Oh, indeed. When old enough to choose, choose freely. But until then, Mum isn't cooking meat for the first time in her life, and explaining why she's feeding the kiddo something that isn't good enough for her to eat. So...
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5 months ago
"I believe is a choice they should make when they "can" make such a choice." Oh, indeed. When old enough to choose, choose freely. But until then, Mum isn't cooking meat for the first time in her life, and explaining why she's feeding the kiddo something that isn't good enough for her to eat. So...
Here is a website of cool veggie books that have themes of animals and morality.
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj97may/976vb...
ANY kid, veg or meat, needs to read "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O." It is just about being a whole person in yourself and loving who you are.
http://www.amazon.com/missing-piece-meet...
I am not sure how old your kids are, but I think even adults should own this book.
Here is an online Veg-kids website that has the book "Cows are Vegetarians," among many others.
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj97may/976vb...
P.S. It is odd to me how many meat-eating people always say that you should feed a kid meat until they decide to do otherwise. That would be like saying you should feed a child a diet of nothing but Big Macs and Chocolate until they are older and decide to try things like veggies and pasta...
You raise a child in the manner you feel is best and let them decide later.
I wouldn't unless it was necessary. I believe is a choice they should make when they "can" make such a choice. I also believe that in the growing years, nutrition should be an open field. But there are some very nice links here for those who want to do so.
http://www.parenthood.com/articles.html?...
http://www.andrews.edu/nufs/vegan%20chil...
http://life.familyeducation.com/healthy-...
http://www.ehow.com/how_11242_raise-vege...
My friend told me a book called the power of veggies by Aurthor Calsone.It's a great book.
I'm smiling at this post! I understand what you mean, but I'd simply educate your children in your own non-invasive way. Let them cook with you, which you may already do & simply make them an integral part of preparing the food. That way you get to explain to them what it and is not beneficial rather than a bias or unbias book doing so : ) I would keep the books for educating your kids in other areas like reading, spelling, arithmetic, history and art. They will learn about nutrition more so from you, first hand. That way it doesn't really ever become what is right and wrong, it becomes "just what we do".
I am very honest with my kids about the dangers of eating too much of certain foods and the physiological effects it has. I also try to explain that many people just don't know about all this stuff so even though they may be hurting their bodies, it's not our position to tell them that, unless they ask us. Because of the past few years of explaining these things to my kids, they will go to another persons house and turn a food down because they know the effects. It's funny, when the person asks why, they'll kindly explain the effect it has on the body. They don't preach, they just answer the question. It's quite cute!!
Good luck with your eating and educating endeavors.
Katrina
Try visiting the Vegetarian Resource Group website which, among other things, publishes and gives out books meant for young vegetarians.
Tina Volpe, a vegetarian author, has written a book "about a bunch of sweet, loving and corny farm animals who meet a turkey that stumbled onto the farm after falling off of a transport truck going to the slaughterhouse. They learn about the 'bad place' (factory farming) and what they endure inside (gently)." It's entitled "Hanna the Hen and Her Unlikely Friends".
Try researching some more on the internet, and visit vegetarian family-friendly sites like VegFamily.com and VegetarianBaby.com for more tips.