Category: Recommended Reading
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If you love reading, you’ll really love Shepherd
Shepherd is an innovative site to explore if you’re looking for something to read. It’s a new approach which uses authors to recommend their favourite books, thus creating a vast library of recommendations. Whatever you’re interested in, fiction or non-fiction, just type the topic into their search and it will suggest some lists that might…
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Dickie Dumbman’s Dairies
Part one of Maddicts continues from yesterday [not recommended for readers under 12]: 10:13 HRS Ballās Pig Farm, Cambridgeshire, UKMother and son, Kevin and Mary Ruth, protest outside. Sorry for the depressing start to the weekend, it’s not all like this, as you’ll discover on Monday. But if you don’t want to stop on such…
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Maddicts Part One: Tuesday 16 March 2027
07:21 HRS Berkodd Mildews Turkey Farm, Norfolk, UK. Matthew Gilt, John Mallis and Ed Crewel arrive at work. Part One continues tomorrow, But if you don’t want to wait, you can read the whole story now š ********************************************** This comic was created with Comic Life by Plasq Maddicts was created by Violet’s Vegan Comics Ā© 2012 Violetās…
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Maddicts begins – read on if you dare!
[A dark satire recommended for readers aged 12 and up] Intensive farming practices continued to escalate, subjecting billions of miserable, tortured souls to barbaric treatment. Newspaper clippings: š® The scene is set! Maddicts Part One begins tomorrow! But if you don’t want to wait, you can read the whole story now š ********************************************** This comic…
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Luna’s Voice by Jania Williams
Jania contacted me recently and asked if we would share her vegan children’s book about a little girl with selective mutism. With beautiful illustrations by Olin Tri Djasfar, this delightful little rhyming story explains how hard it is for Luna to talk to people outside her own family. Except cows. She feels relaxed and happy,…
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Marcus’s Wishes read aloud
Click here to hear more fairy tales read by Pnina š Or if you prefer, you can read them yourself š ********************************** vegan, vegan fairy tales, vegan audiobook, vegan books for children, vegan children’s stories, animals, animal rights, children, vegan children, vegan family,
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Luke Walker: animal stick up for-er, chapter 7 read aloud
More chapters out loud coming soon š All theĀ Luke Walker: animal stick up for-erĀ stories are available in paperback and free to readĀ hereĀ ! ***** vegan storybook, vegan books for children, short stories, books on tape, audiobooks, childrenās books, animal rights,
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Fairy Tale AudioBook: The Princess Who Liked To Be Popular
You can listen to it here, You can read it here, And it’s available in paperback here š Come back tomorrow for another Luke Walker chapter read aloud! ******* vegan, vegan fairy tale, vegan children’s books, vegan books for children, fairy tales, children’s stories, books, children’s books, audiobooks, listen with children,
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AudioBook – Luke Walker: animal stick up for-er, chapter three
Come back tomorrow for chapter four! ā¤ All theĀ Luke Walker: animal stick up for-erĀ stories are available in paperback and free to readĀ here š ******** vegan storybook, vegan books for children, short stories, books on tape, audiobooks, childrenās books,
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AudioBook – Luke Walker: animal stick up for-er, chapter two
And the story continues … Come back tomorrow for chapter 3! ā¤ All the Luke Walker: animal stick up for-er stories are available in paperback and free to read here š *********************** vegan storybook, vegan books for children, short stories, books on tape, audiobooks, childrenās books,
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Educational colouring book
* Here is a wonderful educational colouring book: Colour By Nutrients. * It is at once a resource for artistic indulgence and an educational tool. Divided into chapters of different vitamins and minerals, the book illustrates which foods contain significant amounts of each. The authors are happy for teachers and parents to photocopy the colouring pages…
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Reflecto Girl #7 – OUT NOW!
Reflecto Girl #7 is now available in paperback! And not only does it have a great story, there’s the added bonus of a yummy cake recipe at the end š Get yours now while stocks last! š ************************ vegan comics, vegan storybooks, vegan children’s books, animal rights comic,
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40% off!
Our butch friend, Kurt, is eager to share the new Maddicts paperback with you š This portable little A5 book is available from our Lulu shop and, for a limited time only, you can get 40% off! It can be yours for just Ā£3!!!! Ok, gotta run – I know a few library shelves that…
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Vegan Story Time #8: The Two Little Pigs
Listen to The Two Little Pigs š Want more stories?Ā Check out the Story Time page š ************************************** vegan, vegan story, vegan story books, vegan children’s story, read aloud, audio books, books, children’s books, animals, pigs,
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Vegan Christmas Market
Feeling Christmassy? š Then don’t miss the Be The Future Market Christmas Special! All you have to do to win a beautiful vegan story book is roll the dice and get an even number š But they’ll all be wrapped in Christmas paper so you won’t know which one you’ve won š It’s 50p a…
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The Two Little Pigs in paperback
If you enjoyed The Two Little Pigs you might like it in paperback š It’s very cute š If you do, you can buy it our little Lulu shop š (if the link takes you to a shop with foreign currency, just click on ‘cart’ and then on the flag and you can choose what…
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An Unordinary Lion (an unthinkable truth)
Here is another bright and fun rhyming story for little children from Dragana Vucic Dekic (author of The Not-So Crazy Cow). It’s about a lion who, unable to hunt due to an injured paw, is forced to sit still and watch the world go by.Ā In doing so he notices that the other animals around…
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New Book: Chickpea Runs Away
Here is a gorgeous children’s book by Sarat Colling, with beautiful illustrations by Vicky Bowes and published by Vegan Publishers Chickpea is a darling baby on a dairy farm who has been taken away from her mother and kept confined in a barn with others like her until it’s time for a frightening journey to…
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Vegan Cafe Library!
Oh My Goodness vegan cafe at the Enterprise Centre behind the station in Eastbourne is now providing a free library of gorgeous vegan comics and story books šĀ You can help yourself to any book, or as many books as you like, take them home and bring them back when you’re finished with them.Ā It’s…
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The Not-So Crazy Cow
Here is an adorable book for little ones:Ā The Not-So Crazy CowĀ by Dragana Vucic Dekic. The Not-So Crazy CowĀ is a humorous, rhyming story about a cow who believes that the grass is greener somewhere else. Despite having royal treatment in her homeland of India, she longs to discover the big world. One day, she packs her…
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Healthy Eating for Life FOR CHILDREN
From the Foreword by Neal Barnard, M.D.: Ā The writing of this book was motivated by the observation that many parents are unclear about how best to nourish their children at different stages of development. Ā Well-intentioned parents like you want to do the very best for the long-term health and well-being of their children. Ā They need…
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Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
We love Louis Sachar (whose name rhymes withĀ crackerĀ ā in case you were wondering) and after readingĀ Fuzzy MudĀ I decided that it qualified as a vegan book for childrenĀ š It doesnāt use the v-word but the main protagonist seems to be a plant-eater (there is no mention of any meat/fish/egg or dairy in her diet) and the…
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Chickpea runs away!
This story really needs to be told.Ā Pre-order the book here to help with production costs ā¤ ***************************** animals, farmed animals, cows, animal rescue, animal rights, books, children’s books, vegan, vegetarian, vegan children’s books, illustrated books, illustrations
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Love Unity Voice
Check out the new vegan online magazine LUV4All – 25 fantastic articles from vegans around the world. There’s so much fascinating and inspiring stuff to read – I’m reading one article a day. Like this one: Nation RisingĀ by Sheanne Moskaluk, about a Canadian campaigning group who are demanding their government stop subsidising animal farming and…
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A Hornby HART Review: Let the dogs out
A great review of Let the dogs outĀ at Hornby HART– check it out! šĀ You can read the whole story here *********** animals, dogs, beagles, anti-vivisection, vegan, books, vegan books, book review, anti-vivisection book, animal rights,
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New Bookshop Open Now!
We’re very excited to tell you that we’ve just opened our new bookshop, right here at Violet’s Vegan Comics! š We do have quite a lot of titles now you know š So,Ā if you’re in need of some new bedtime stories, or you’ve got some adventure-loving kids who are partial to exciting comics and…
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Let the dogs out NEW EDITION, Coming Soon!
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A lovely time was had by all
HART’s inaugural vegan potluck event on Hornby Island was a roaring success – not surprising when you look at the feast that all the attendees put together š Everybody kindly wrote a list of ingredients to put with their contribution so that food intolerances could be avoided, although it was all vegan of course š…
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The Rebel Gang and the Number Ciphers book trailer
Ooh, The Corporation is investigating a group of people they suspect of trying to overthrow the government! Check it out! š You can read The Rebel Gang and the Number Ciphers here, and if you want the book, you can buy it here š
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Megan & Flos Book 1 trailer
Yay Megan!Ā Yay Flos!Ā What a team! To read the Megan & Flos stories, click here š and to buy this book, click here š ********************************* vegan children’s book, vegan comic, veggie kids
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Reflecto Girl Book Trailer
Yay Reflecto Girl! Here’s how it all began: To read the Reflecto Girl stories now, pop over here š To buy this book, look over here š ************************************ vegan children, vegan children’s books, veggie kids, vegan comicbooks
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Venus Aqueous Book Trailer
Yay Venus! To read the exciting Venus Aqueous stories click here, to buy this book click here š ***************** vegan children’s stories, vegan comics, vegan children’s books
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Animal Advocacy Pop-Up Library
The above is the gorgeous profile picture of HART: Hornby Animal Rights Team,Ā a not-for-profit organization dedicated to animal advocacy and education, on Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. On Friday March 30th, just two days from now, HART will be holding their first event – a community vegan potluck at New Horizons. In addition to the…
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The witch’s spell and how to break it
The Wicked Witch’s Plan To Get Rid Of Everyone, a new version of the fairy taleĀ The Wicked Wicked Witch and the Ruinous ManipulationĀ by Maud Earnshaw, illustrated by Beatrice Wilberforce, includes instructions about how to break the witch’s spell at the back š Available from Amazon in the UK, Europe, USA and Canada ********************* vegan children’s…
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Good instincts
For all the Luke Walker chapters clickĀ hereĀ š Chapter 16 continues from yesterday: Mum opened the bedroom door. āLuke, donāt you want to help decorate the tree?ā āerm, no thanks,ā he said without looking at her. āAre you okay?ā āYeah.ā āAre you sure?Ā You havenāt been yourself since we went to the Maybury Centre.ā Luke didnāt…
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A penchant for wandering off
For all the Luke Walker chapters clickĀ hereĀ š Chapter 16 continues from yesterday: āLuke!Ā There you are!ā called Mum, āyou do have a penchant for wandering off.ā Luke had no idea what a ponshon was but decided to take her word for it. āLook what Iāve got!ā she said.Ā She sounded excited.Ā āI won it!Ā Well,…
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Looking for a squashed cupcake
For all the Luke Walker chapters clickĀ hereĀ š Chapter 16 continues from yesterday: When he got to the cafe he decided to pop in.Ā He knew that 87p wouldnāt ordinarily get him a cupcake but, since the end of the day was approaching, they might have made them half price.Ā Or maybe there was a squashed…
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The beginning of the end
For all the Luke Walker chapters clickĀ hereĀ š And here is the beginning of Chapter 16, the final chapter of the second book, More Luke Walker: animal stick up for-er:Ā Luke Walker and the Maybury Christmas Fayre Luke reached for it at the exact same time as Jared.Ā They scowled at each other. āLet me have…
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Everything was tidy except Mr Beardsley’s desk
For all the Luke Walker chapters clickĀ hereĀ š Chapter 15 continues from yesterday: The chairs were turned upside down on the desks; the bins were empty and the paint pots were washed up and stacked on the draining board.Ā Everything except Mr Beardsleyās desk was swept and dusted and tidy. Mr Beardsleyās desk was always a…
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Luke, it’s your line!
For all the Luke Walker chapters clickĀ hereĀ š Are you sitting comfortably?Ā Then we will begin chapter 15: Luke Walker and the school play āI am here today …” “Tonight.” “I am here tonight to warn you, that you ‘ave yet a chance and hope of escapin’ my fate. A chance and hope of my procturin’,…
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