Entries Tagged as 'Healthy Living'

Green Smoothie Magic

September 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL I was excited to receive a publisher’s review copy of Green Smoothie Magic by Victoria Boutenko, a raw food diet pioneer and author of Green for Life (Amazon affiliate link). At first glance, I thought the story was too lengthy and slow-paced to keep my seven-year-old’s interest (definitely too lengthy for […]

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Sylvia’s Spinach

May 17th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Sylvia Spivens refuses to eat spinach, despite her parents’ attempts to cajole her. She engages in some very serious picking-spinach-out-of-her-meal behavior (we see the same behavior with carrots in our house). One dreary March day, Sylvia’s teacher hands out a variety of seeds to the class for their upcoming garden project. […]

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The ABCs of Nutrition

April 29th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JANE COWLES This is a book for children with active minds and bodies. The ABCs of Nutrition by Robert Orchanian teaches children (ages 2 to 5) the abc’s and introduces them to vegetables and fruit with a colorful cast of home grown characters which the author refers to as the Snack Pack (Smart Nutritionally Active Kids)*. Andrew […]

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Henry Helps Plant a Garden

November 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I’m an “aunt” in one of those she’s-not-your-relative-but-we-love-her-just-as-much kinda way to a very special four-year-old. And boy does she just love to pitch in with her family’s household chores. From baking to watering the plants, this little girl is getting the basics of carrying out chores down at an early […]

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