50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals: Fun and Easy Ways to Be a Kind Kid (Alex Toys)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 304 pages
• Published by: Grand Central Publishing; 1st Rev. and Updated Ed edition November 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0446698288
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0446698283
• Book Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 8.8 ounces

Reader Reviews
PETA president and cofounder Ingrid Newkirk brings a new version of her book KIDS CAN SAVE THE ANIMALS! to bookshelves in the fall of 2006. This renamed edition has been updated to reflect changes and additional resources since the original publishing date in 1991. The fifty ways to help animals in this book range from providing clean dishes for furry friends to ways to legally protesting unfair animal practices. Politely refusing gifts made of parts from endangered animals, keeping a journal of interactions with the family dog, vegetarian/vegan recipes (unless you're allergic to soy, as I happen to be), and website links are other useful features in this book. Other information in this book is debatable, depending on what side of the fence you fall on. Animals that many people consider pests, Newkirk encourages keeping safe. The classic example is the debate over hunting deer and chasing Canada geese from public golf courses. It would have been helpful to see her response to the argument supporting the use of hunting due to a lack of natural predators (also due to human influence). Overall, for kids and parents who are fans of PETA and choose vegetarian/vegan lifestyles, this is a good book. For animal lovers who happen to eat meat and feel PETA goes too far, this still is not a bad book, although they will find many of the suggestions over the top, even intrusive--such as animal lovers slipping animal rights flyers in restaurant menus and into the pockets of fur coats at retailers. As with any cause, it is important for parents to have an understanding of what their children's passions may be. It is just as important for parents to help kids keep a fair and healthy perspective regarding their beliefs. Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer 10/26/2006 Comment | | (Report this)