Books like That's Why We Don't Eat Animals
By Ruby Roth
For families ready to talk honestly about where food comes from, this book opens the door gently but doesn't look away from the truth. Tender, direct, and quietly activating rather than preachy.
After something terrible happens, a child named Taylor is visited by animal after animal, each pushing a different way to cope — until the rabbit arrives and simply listens.
A boy with an extraordinary face shares his world — one where he plays with his dog Daisy, uses his imagination, and wishes people would look past what they stare at and truly see him.
A zookeeper spends every day visiting his animal friends — racing the tortoise, sitting with the shy penguin, reading to the owl — until he wakes up too sick to come, and they decide to visit him instead.
A family meets a friendly stray dog at a picnic, names him Willy, and spends the whole afternoon playing with him — but saying goodbye turns out to be harder than they expect.
A little girl named Jane grows up watching birds, trees, and animals with her toy chimpanzee Jubilee always at her side, dreaming of a life spent living among and helping all creatures.
A boy who wants a dog sets out to count every dog in the neighborhood, going door to door to prove to his Grandma there aren't already enough.
A mouse family faces the loss of someone they love, and gentle Bear helps each one — including quiet little Tiny — find their own way to understand and express their grief.
On a rainy city day, an eager boy in a green frog hat splashes through puddles with delight while a grumpy old man grumbles about the very same rain — until their paths cross.
A mistreated girl mocked as Sootface by her cruel older sisters sets off to try her luck with a warrior who can only be seen by someone with a kind, honest heart.
A lion wanders into the library one day, and since there aren't any rules against lions, he stays — quiet-footed, story-hour pillow, rule-follower — until an emergency forces him to break the one rule that matters.
A beloved dinosaur bakes cookies, helps old ladies cross the street, and plays with kids in town — while one boy, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie, insists she's scientifically extinct and shouldn't exist at all.
A small boy who's told he can't have a dog because times are tight finds a starving kitten in a trash can — the same day his father loses his job.
