While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food. - from the publisher. Caldecott honor book winning illustrator.
Let’s Eat: What Children Eat Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer (Ages 5 to 9) Compare Prices
This beautifully designed book describes the lives of five children from South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, India, and France and their relationship with family and food. Artful photographs capture the joy and activities of the children, their place in the family, their involvement in the food gathering and cooking process, and the natural settings in which they live. Each chapter also discusses a special day and its food, for example, a wedding celebration in South Africa and a patron saint's fiesta in Mexico. Children reading this book or having it read to them will easily make comparisons between these children's lives and cultures and their own. This lovely introduction to the world at large and a child's intimate connections with his particular world will intrigue children with both the differences and the similarities between their world and those of the other children. Events totally strange to an American child, such as a Buddhist priest visiting a Thai house to collect breakfast, are presented as entirely normal and even a treat for the Thai child. The Mexican child happily feeds and herds the sheep while the African child reluctantly weeds — she would rather be cooking! At book's end, readers are invited to make a recipe from each country, but warned to ask an adult for help. - Elisabeth Greenberg, Children's Literature
The Mighty Asparagus by Vladimir Radunsky (Ages 5 to 9) Compare Prices
Long ago in Italy, a mighty asparagus grew smack-dab in front of the king's castle. Was the king happy about it? No. The asparagus had to go. But how does a king reason with an asparagus of such stature?
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Vladimir Radunsky tells the uproarious tale of an almost immovable vegetable. Drawing on Italian Renaissance art, the esteemed artist creates a breathtaking magical kingdom, where it's easy to imagine that such an asparagus existed. His artwork is as gorgeous as it is funny. Although the old masters may turn over in their graves, readers of all ages will clamor for more of The Mighty Asparagus. - from the publisher
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