Santa's First Vegan Christmas by Robin Raven.
Starting out with the line, “Twas the night before
Christmas,” you might be fooled into thinking this children’s book was a
run-of-the-mill story of yule. Indeed its charming illustrations of Santa
high-fiving a reindeer and the following on pictures of said reindeer
frolicking and dancing in the snow-blessed woods might make you feel this is
going the way most children’s Christmas books should. But check the title,
ingeniously, this is not going to be any normal Christmas.
It’s not just the turkey dinner getting interrogated here,
the book, while continuing to charm, brings to question all which may be over
commercialised about the season. Dana the reindeer is quite the alternative
thinker and convinces Santa to change the issues with Christmas that many may
criticise it for; the treatment of all god’s creatures should be respected
during the celebrations.
Santa takes heed and attempts to change his ways, setting
caged animals free and presenting pets with gifts too. Even the reindeer get
promoted to ride in the sleigh rather than pull it! It’s all rather nice and
thoughtful and with beautiful illustrations, it’s sure to make your children
think about the treatment of animals whilst also enjoying the spirit of
Christmas. What a refreshing change from the norm and for this, I recommend it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30751633-santa-s-first-vegan-christmas
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