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That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, And All Living Things (2009)

by Ruby Roth(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1556437854 (ISBN13: 9781556437854)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

North Atlantic Books

review 1: I think the author got distracted and forgot what this book was supposed to be about. Reading the book without looking at the cover, I would have assumed the title was something like, "Why you should eat sustainable amounts of responsibly farmed animal flesh." The book did a great job of making the anti-factory farm argument, but completely forgot to make the pro-veggie one.The book's focus on factory farmed animals made it seem incomplete. As a non-vegetarian reading this book, the moral I came away with was, "As long as the animals you eat aren't from a factory farm, you're good." I know, it's intended for kids of vegetarians so it's assumed that many of the arguments against eating animals have already been made by the parents. But as an author, if you promise something... more in the title you really should deliver it. I kept waiting for the part where the author talks about not eating ANY animals, but it was all factory farms.
review 2: This book has a definite agenda, so it's not for everyone, but that agenda is pretty clear from the title. Many other reviewers seem to be concerned that it doesn't give a balanced view, but we seldom teach our children balanced views on morality...we teach them what we believe, what we want them to believe, and then hope that they share our beliefs as they grow older. I'm sure this book will fit that bill for many vegetarian and vegan parents. It's honest without being too graphic. I'm not sure how to share the truth about factory farming in a kid friendly way. As for the complaints below about anthropomorphization-talking about characteristics animals have that they happen to share with humans, such as love for their offspring, fear, or dislike of being dirty, does not anthropomorphize them. That's just describing their character. Making them talk, read, solve Algebra problems, or otherwise behave like humans in ways they naturally do not (like the Berenstain Bears, Babymouse, or The Cat in the Hat) would be anthropomorphizing. less

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