What's So Yummy? - (Let's Talk about You and Me) by Robie Harris (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Gus, Nellie, and baby Jake can't wait to go on a picnic! Funny, accessible illustrations and matter-of-fact text combine to show young children how food fuels their bodies and help them see how healthy eating and drinking, and being active, can make them feel their best for a day full of fun. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Acclaimed <i>New York Times </i>best-selling author Robie H. Harris introduces preschoolers to the pleasures of eating healthy, being active, and feeling good.</b> <p/>Gus, Nellie, and baby Jake can't wait to go on a picnic! In the morning the family heads to their community garden, then to the farmer's market and the grocery store to gather vegetables, fruit, meat, and other fresh and delicious foods. Readers follow them through the day as they go home to prepare, cook, and pack up the goodies, then cap their day by eating a yummy meal in the park and flying a kite together. Funny, accessible, family-filled illustrations; conversations between Gus and Nellie; and matter-of-fact text combine to show young children how food fuels our bodies -- and help them see how healthy eating and drinking, and being active, can make them feel their best for a day full of fun.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The fourth installment in Harris and Westcott's Let's Talk About You and Me series lives up to its predecessors' achievements in its plain talk about health. ... Never shaming and always empowering, the book champions healthy choices as key to good living. An informational title that seems good for you without being a pill to swallow.<br>--Kirkus Reviews <p/>Joined in all of the public settings with a multicultural background cast, smiles abound within and around the family unit, equating the act of making good food choices with family togetherness and fun. This genial positivism, along with the wide variety of featured foods (smartly labeled to provide new things to point out during repeat readings) makes for a fine resource for promoting a healthy lifestyle.<br>--School Library Journal <p/>The sound text makes clear that not every family or person eats the same kind of food, and it even ventures into the issue of food allergies. Including a wide variety of people in the backgrounds, Westcott's digital line-and-wash illustrations are clearly delineated, cheerful, and appealing. ... [T]his picture book will be a useful addition to school and public library collections.<br>--Booklist <p/>Enthusiastic. [R]eaders may ... take the cue to try some new foods<br>--Publishers Weekly<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Robie H. Harris </b>is the trusted and highly acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including <i>It's Perfectly Normal, It's So Amazing!, </i>and <i>It's NOT the Stork!, </i>essential guides for children on bodies, babies, families, and health. She is also the author of the first three books in the Let's Talk About YOU and ME series. She lives in New York City. <p/><b>Nadine Bernard Westcott </b>is the illustrator of more than a hundred books, including the first three books in the Let's Talk About YOU and ME series. She lives in Massachusetts.
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