I’m not an animal behaviorist, but I’ll admit a few of the activities the parents do seem anthropomorphized. When non-human animal forms are used as stand-ins for humans, the characters have a “cute appeal,” but their story overwrites how those species actually live in our world today, something I think children should know about. That’s one of the things I love about this book, and it’s actually pretty rare in children’s books. In other words, they’re not presented as stand-ins for humans, at least for the most part. The bears sleep in a den, the squirrels in a tree, the chipmunks in a burrow, and so on. They’re not wearing human clothes or speaking like humans. In “Night-Night, Forest Friends”, the animals exist as themselves, in nature. Only two of the families have gendered parents – there’s a single papa rabbit, and a single mama doe, but there are no gendered terms for the other parents who are presented alone or in pairs, and none for any of the babies – leaving plenty of room for a narrator or child’s imagination to fill in the blanks. “Night-Night, Forest Friends” does a good job avoiding gender stereotypes and heteronormativity.
While this website is focused on anti-speciesism, I’m really looking for books that avoid promoting any type of supremacy, whether that’s White supremacy or patriarchy, and I try to comment when I’m able to perceive something noteworthy. There’s no reference to eating or using animals in any way. “Night-Night Forest Friends,” is vegan-friendly. Once all of the families have gone to bed, the owl, now awake, “hoots a lullaby.” Is “Night-Night Forest Friends” Vegan-Friendly? In the beginning of the book, while the families head home for bed, we see an owl asleep in a tree. “Night-Night, Forest Friends” shows parents of different species putting their babies to sleep in the forest. The words, in my opinion, are superior to the forced rhymes of the similar but strangely more popular bedtime board book, “Time for Bed.” A quick synopsis The book stands out for its wonderfully flowing rhymes, and adorable illustrations. I’ve probably read “Night-Night, Forest Friends,” to my baby several hundred times.
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Read on to learn why I especially love this book in the full vegan review, or scroll to the bottom for simple ratings. “Night-Night, Forest Friends” by Annie Bach is one of my family’s favorite bedtime books.
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