All it took was one blunt but necessary question: “Why aren’t you eating cheese sticks with us?” As an art teacher at an elementary school, Ruby Roth was faced with explaining why she was not joining her students in their meat and dairy-centered school lunches. Though we might think that children are too young and naïve to understand vegetarianism and veganism and the heavy concepts behind them, Roth was surprised with their openness and receptiveness to her answers. Some committed to starting these new diets the very next day!
In this interview podcast from BookExpo America, Roth shares how her interactions with her curious students prompted her to create her groundbreaking children’s book: That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals. Inspired by her own students’ artwork and taking advantage of the pervasiveness of anthropomorphic cartoon characters-turned-celebrities, Roth both wrote and illustrated this fun, colorful resource introducing vegetarianism, veganism, and the beauty of living animals.
She addresses big, heavy, timely issues of factory farms, environmental consequences, and detrimental health effects through vivid graphics and lively text, making this book not only for early readers but for the entire family.
It’ll make both you and your child want to shout, “I want to go vegan!,” a phrase you thought meat-loving fanatics see only in their nightmares.
We can hope that if the politicians and rigid school systems won’t stop the rising rate of obesity and asthma in our young population, these cute farm animals, charming sea creatures and our cuddly, loyal pets will.
Unconvinced? SEE it for yourself!
CLICK HERE to listen to Ruby Roth’s BEA podcast.
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