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Reviewed by Savannah Aldridge for Readers' Favorite
Vegan Family, written and illustrated by vegan activists Randi Seltzer Bonica and Abby Broussard, is a colorful acronym picture book for young vegans. Its intended audience is children in families who choose to refrain from animal products out of respect for animal rights. As readers move through the letters in “VEGAN FAMILY,” they learn about why their families are choosing to eat vegan and how they hope these choices will impact the world. Of course, they celebrate the fun that vegans don’t miss out on, like juicy fruits and dairy-free ice cream. Though the author and illustrator are direct about the difficulties of missing out on certain foods at parties and feeling different from other people around them, they wrap their story in tenderness that leaves the reader with hope.
For the intended audience, Vegan Family is a great way to help little ones understand what it means to be a vegan, even if it makes them different from the families around them. My family became vegan for a season when I was an adult for both health and animal rights reasons, so I appreciated the picture book, which my mother probably would have read to me as a kid. I love the adorable illustrations of happy fruits and veggies and pastel animals. The story by Randi Seltzer Bonica is illustrated with Abby Broussard’s lovely pictures and has an appealing, fun style that makes me want to find more of her books. In terms of the tone and content, I would most recommend this to a family who does not wish to mince words about their vegan convictions and why they need to fight for animal rights.
