Review By DIANE VUKOVIC Red Dragon can’t wait to meet his new neighbors. Plus, he is starving. But he knows that the sight of a red dragon might scare them, so he puts on disguises. This is where your kid can really have fun putting the disguises on dragon. The pop-ups are great too (Amazon affiliate link). At […]
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The Red Dragon: A 3D Picture Book with Press-Out Disguises
April 30th, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Books for Vegetarian Kids·Diane Vukovic·Dragons·Early Elementary·Healthy Eating·Jonathan Allen·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Books·Preschoolers·Stephen Whyllie·Vegetables·Vegetarian Characters
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. […]
Tags: Anna Raff·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Jennifer Gannett·Katherine Pryor·Preschoolers·Spinach·Vegetable Books·Vegetables
What’s in the Garden?
May 10th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I thought we might have overdone it. I allowed my four-year-old daughter to pick three recipes from this book (Amazon affiliate link) for us to make for dinner one Friday night – homemade tomato sauce and pasta, cucumber salad, and blueberry pie. How long would dinner take to make? But I […]
Tags: Cookbooks for Kids·Cris Arbo·Early Elementary·Garden·Gardening·Jennifer Kali·Marianne Berkes·Preschoolers·Vegetable Books·Vegetables·Vegetarian Cookbooks·Vegetarian Cooking
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 […]
Tags: Alphabet·Ballet·Fruits·Good for Toddlers·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Jane Cowles·Karate·Lacrosse·Preschoolers·Robert Orchanian·Vegetable Books·Vegetables·Yoga