I am so excited to be a stop on the blog tour for Stephanie Dreyer’s new book! Not A Nugget is an adorable new children’s book written by my friend Stephanie (with beautiful illustrations by Jack Veda). It’s the kind of book that I really wish I had when my children were young. Speaking to children about Veganism (or not eating meat), can be extremely challenging, as I learned first hand. Thankfully Stephanie can help us do this in a fun and stress-free way. Through words and illustrations, she is able to deliver a powerful, nonjudgmental message in a way that is easy for children to understand.
Stephanie has done an fabulous job sharing fun facts about animals, explaining why we don’t eat them, and then offering better food choices that you can eat instead. If you are a vegan parent or just looking to cut animals from your family’s diet, you need this book! It’s a sweet & gentle way to introduce children to ways to be kind & compassionate with our animal friends. Here are a couple of excerpts from Not A Nugget:
Stephanie is the founder of the VeegMama blog, a vegan lifestyle brand sharing new approaches to healthy living, and also the host of YouTube’s “The Good Life With VeegMama.” She is on a mission to excite children about eating fruits and vegetables, while encouraging families to cook together and live healthier.
Luckily for you, Stephanie is letting me do a giveaway for a copy of her book! All you have to do is leave your name in the comment section, and I will pick one lucky winner.
xo Julie
Sounds like a great book! I think this book will also teach kids about how to treat animals with respect in general. Even if we choose to eat meat, we can still, as individuals treat animals respectfully.
As a vegan, I’m so glad you like this book. We’ve needed a book like this.
I don’t know how to ask this without sounding either judgmental or something like that, but please know I don’t mean to judge but to perhaps nudge . . . just a little . . . so I’m just going to ask and hope you understand that I’m not trying to be offensive.
The question is: how does one respect animals while causing their suffering and deaths at the hands of those who make money by spending as little as possible on raising them and killing them, thus ensuring that not only their lives but their deaths as well will be horrible, and then hacking up and selling their lifeless bodies to people in bits to eat? I knew someone once that felt that she was honoring the animals somehow by eating their bodies, but I don’t think the animals would have agreed. Or perhaps even her, had she seen the realities of their lives.
Thank you, Julie, for this fabulous review. I hope your readers enjoy it! Big hug to you!!!
It’s my pleasure Stephanie! I love your book! xoxo
I have a 6 month old grandson that I would love to read this book to – what a great idea!
I’d love to win this for my great-niece! And her whole family, in fact. Her mother was at one time vegetarian, but came under severe pressure from the rest of the family and went back to being an omnivore. She’s no longer in quite the same situation, so I’m hoping she might move back in that direction again.
We are coming to the US for a visit next month, and I can’t wait to get this book for my son!
Yay! A new book to add to our animal-friendly kiddo library! I bet this one will be a hit.
Would love to read this.
This looks like a great book!