• B is for Bee

    Compiling the vegan dictionary is taking a long time and I won’t be able to complete a letter in one day as I naïvely first thought.  I have only just finished Bb so won’t be able to share any C words until at least tomorrow 🙂  In the meantime, Miranda thought it might be a good idea to…

  • Bb-Day is here!

    Click on the pic and you may Bbegin reading 😉

  • Rethinking the language with a vegan dictionary

    So often we realise, and sometimes we don’t realise, that the words we use normalise animal exploitation and degradation.  A man might be angrily referred to as a ‘pig’ because he behaves in an obnoxious or sexist manner; a person might be called an ‘animal’ if they are aggressive or bad mannered; some animals are…

  • Sherman & Geynes are here at last!

    Finally episode 1 of Sherman & Geynes: Expert Sleuths is safely ensconced on the 5 and up shelf or if you don’t want to go all the way over there, click here I hope you enjoy it 😀

  • A few minutes later …

    For the whole story, click here And on a little-known website, three weeks later: And that’s it for Episode 4. Join Megan & Flos again in Episode 5, some time in the future, when Megan’s dream of space travel comes true 😀

  • What were you thinking?

    For the story so far, click here Concludes tomorrow …. probably 😉

  • What on Earth????

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  • Fading Fast

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  • Can’t Stop

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  • Creak

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  • Here we go

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  • I am Flos

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  • 5 minutes later …

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  • Green for ground

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  • Wobbly

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  • I need you.

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  • 35 Minutes Well Spent

    I know everybody’s very busy, but you really need to see this – just the animation in the first 7 minutes if that’s all you can spare – but the rest of it really makes it real and drives home why Flos is so determined to make it stop. And in the UK?

  • Everything’s changed.

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  • Venenosa Clades

    For the story so far, click here “Venenosa Clades was once a beautiful, flourishing planet on which vast numbers of plant and animal species thrived due to the miraculous, life-sustaining element: water. All the different life-forms, whether they dwelt on land or sea or spent most of their time in the air, had one thing in common:…

  • Oh No!!!!

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  • Out of sight

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  • Keeping Secrets

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  • Fracking?

    For the story so far, click here “They create a mixture of mostly fresh water with sand and nasty chemicals added.  Then they inject this fluid at very high pressure, into a gas well, thousands of feet deep into the ground.  Now forget the chemicals for a minute and just picture the fact that they use…

  • Didn’t I tell you?

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  • Sherman and Geynes are just around the corner

    Sleuthing starts here. 😀

  • I’ve got a bamboo toothbrush

    Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics:  Would you like a bamboo toothbrush? Look here and here and here and here Or maybe they sell them at your local health food store? 🙂

  • The Very Next Day ….

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  • Megan & Flos, Episode 4 begins here:

    This story continues from Episode 3: The Goblin Did It! To be continued ….

  • And the vegan children’s book goes to …

    So we wrote down all the entrants’ names, folded them up, put them in a bowl and, with eyes closed, picked out the winner. And the winner is: Congratulations Ady 😀 a copy of Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids will be on its way to you as soon as you give…

  • Only 2 and a half days left

    Comment on this, or this or this post to be entered into the prize draw for a chance to win a free copy of Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids But hurry, you’ve only got until midnight Sunday (GMT), we’ll be drawing the winner on Monday morning 🙂 Good luck!

  • 3 Days And Counting

    You’ve got until midnight Sunday (GMT) to let us know if you want to enter the prize draw to win a copy of Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids TICK TOCK 😀

  • Exciting News!

    Our new book Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids is finished and ready to be enjoyed 🙂 It is a compilation of our favourite rhyming stories, wacky verse and nursery rhymes, providing over 100 pages of colourfully illustrated bedtime (or anytime) stories and rhymes for little ones. It includes Why…

  • Sneak Peak

    Episode 4 of Megan & Flos is on the drawing board.  Here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come:

  • Coming Soon!

    Click here for the first episode!

  • 26 Verses of Deidra

    Where are you going Deidra? is one of our favourite, and one of the most popular, stories on this site so when we decided to publish a compilation of short stories and rhymes for little ones we really wanted to include it.  Unfortunately the new book – entitled “Why are you a vegan?” And other wacky…

  • Look at the time!

    Well look at the time! It flies by so fast! With chime after chime The present is past! So we’d better make the most of it! How much do you wanna bet there’ll be more veg*ns at the end of 2015 than there were at the beginning? 😉 Happy New Year everybody, Love from Violet…

  • Knit your own Father Christmas

    A bonus of Miranda working at Raystede animal sanctuary‘s charity shop is that she comes across lots of useful things like old knitting patterns and left over yarn that people have donated, which she can then buy and make use of.  And now you can make use of this one too 🙂 And I know you…

  • Happy Christmas Sandra!

    Sandra has achieved the unprecedented legal status of a “non-human person.” A court has recognized that she has rights and that being kept in a zoo unlawfully deprives her of her freedom. Woo hoo!!!! 😀 😀 😀 In November, the Association of Professional Lawyers for Animal Rights (AFADA) filed for habeas corpus, a petition usually used…

  • A Very Merry Vegan Christmas

    Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: Dashing through the snow In our purple vegan boots O’er the hills we go Eating juicy fruits. ha ha ha Bells on bracelets ring Making spirits bright, What fun it is to laugh and sing A jingling song tonight. *** Oh, jingle bells, walnut shells, Chocolate raisins taste Sweet,…

  • And the winner is ….

    Congratulations hitandrun1964, aka Gigi, a clean, new copy of Well Fed Not An Animal Dead will be winging its way to you as soon as I get your address (I’ll email you) 🙂 Commiserations to everyone who wasn’t as lucky as Gigi, but all is not lost.  You can still get a copy of this brilliant little…

  • Yule Log mark 1

    I want to make a yule log for Christmas day so I thought I’d better practise.  I found a vegan recipe and really helpful instructions at Vegan Good Things but, being both lazy and impatient, I decided to try to make a simpler version.  I am very grateful to Leinana at Vegan Good Things for the how to…

  • A Good Book and some Upcycling

    When we began our home schooling adventure all those years ago we were very lucky to find this wonderful book.  Unqualified Education is full of inspiring ideas and information, advice and encouragement.  It is an absolute joy and still a great resource after the children have grown up. We decided to home school when my eldest…

  • The Hungry Compost Bin

    The compost bin was hungry And it wanted something new. It’d reduced old fruit and lettuce leaves To gloopy, slimy goo. “Enough with all the green waste, For now I’ve had enough. I need something dry and brown Like paper and card and stuff!” So strips of card were fed to it And more and…

  • Christmas Giveaway!

    Miranda and I are delighted to be able to give away a new copy of the brilliant Well Fed Not an Animal Dead Remember I recommended it a few weeks ago? (See here )  Well, I ordered a couple of copies for Christmas presents and got a free one thrown in.  So, I would like to give it…

  • 12 Days of [vegan] Christmas

    On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me A little organic pear tree On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two purple gloves And a little organic pear tree On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me Three corn pens Two purple…

  • Ridiculous!

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  • We interrupt this story to tell you about ….

    The Hillside Animal Sanctuary Christmas Fayre this weekend! If you live in Norfolk or the surrounding area I highly recommend you pop over to Hillside’s Shire Horse Sanctuary for a lovely day out and a chance to help the animals with your Christmas shopping.  Hillside is a fantastic charity which not only provides sanctuary for…

  • Grandfather?

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  • After all, you can’t please everyone

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  • So the princess made a deal …

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