Welcome to Compassionate Press!

  • Compassion in Action

  • Creating a compassionate lifestyle for your family is a pursuit worthy!

  • Never Stop Learning

  • No matter if you are big or small, you never outgrow a love of reading!

  • Create Special Moments

  • The bond between parent and child is sacred. Strengthen it daily!

  • Learn About the Impacts of Your Food

  • Teach others through your actions! Compassion begins at meal-time.

  • Educate through Your Actions

  • Your child is the best ambassador for compassionate living. Empower them to lead!

Compassion in Action

Creating a compassionate lifestyle for your family is a pursuit worthy!

Never Stop Learning

No matter if you are big or small, you never outgrow a love of reading!

Create Special Moments

The bond between parent and child is sacred. Strengthen it daily!

Learn About the Impacts of Your Food

Teach others through your actions! Compassion begins at meal-time.

Educate through Your Actions

Your child is the best ambassador for compassionate living. Empower them to lead!

Compassionate Press is a Lifestyle Movement

Compassionate Press publishes vividly illustrated, lightly-rendered educational books to empower future generations to build a better world. Our books are intended to be shared by parents and children, and adults of all ages in a read-aloud fashion. 

We invite you to share in the Compassionate Press vision and hope you enjoy reading and colouring each of our books as much as I had writing, illustrating, and producing them for you and your family.

Maritza Oliver | Author, Mother, Vegan

Like you, I am a Mom, and each day I question how the world got to where we are today and what can I do to raise our children in a way to make their lives better.

I believe every child holds greatness in their heart, and by allowing them to find their voices, we create positive parenting. 

Gone are the days where parents solely want their kids to do good in school. We now we want them to live fulfilling lives. We want to raise a generation who will look inward for peace and fight for justice, who questions the norm and facilitates fair solutions.

Our kids may be little but they can change the world! They are in fact, our only hope.

Together let's nurture children to be empowered, to aspire to greatness, and to have fun along the way!

Highlights from Our Live.Love.Learn Blogs

Living a 'Compassionate Life'

As a mother, I try to be as mindful as possible when teaching valuable lessons to my child. As parents, we are laying the groundwork for our children's emotional capacity, and as such, we must be educated ourselves in the ways of the heart. 

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Compassion in Action - Teaching Our Children

As a parent, it is hard to be always in 'teacher mode.' No one can be a role model every minute of every day, but that doesn't mean our children aren't paying attention. Children learn by mimicking our behaviour and as such, incorporating compassionate actions into our day-to-day is so important.

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Raising Healthy Plant-based Children

Did you know that many parents are raising happy, healthy children on a plant-based diet? If you're new to this way of thinking, you might be wondering how to go about doing this, and I understand this as I went through the same thing as a Mom myself! Eating a healthy plantbased diet is as beneficial for children as it is for adults, and success is all in the planning. 

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'Who' are You Feeding Your Family?

Learning about where our food comes from, the cost to the environment, and the animals, should make you re-think your meal strategy.

Be Kind to Every Kind beautifully waves in concepts of justice in a way that will nurture the kindness inherent in children. I love that Maritza Oliver never talks down to kids, even addressing "grown-up" issues such as social injustice, speciesism, sexism, ableism, and racism.

Lauren Ornelas, Food Empowerment Project

Although geared towards children, people of all ages need to hear her message: that being kind to animals means not eating them. I teach my children that we practice the golden rule towards animals, and I’m pleased that now I can read them this important idea from A Pig Is a Dog Is a Kid.

Anna Pippus, Director Animal Justice

I found this book from Vegan Children's Books to be very thorough at explaining all of the reasons why we shouldn’t and don’t need to drink cow’s milk. My almost 5 year old loved it and had a lot of questions about the drawings. It is beautifully illustrated and shows the emotions of the animals without being too graphic. A must have for any vegan family!

Heather Doherty, The Vegan Police

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