Fruits

by Nancy Dickmann

Overview

Make a place for fruits in your diet. Once readers find out how nutritional fruit is, in addition to being delicious, they'll make a point to have it regularly.  Read this book to learn about how to eat well and use MyPlate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781432969806
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Healthy Eating with MyPlate
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 6.75(h) x (d)
Lexile:	320L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Nancy Dickmann has written more than 150 non-fiction books for children, specializing in science and history. Before becoming an author, she worked for many years as an editor and publisher of children’s books.

Table of Contents

What are Fruits? 4

Looking at Fruits 8

How Fruits Help Us 12

Healthy Eating 18

Staying Healthy 20

Find the Fruits 22

Picture Glossary 23

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

This series about the five food groups and food pyramid shows young learners how different foods help their bodies grow. Each page is filled with bright color photographs and uses short sentences with large, crisp text. Some photos are labeled with food names, while others include a variety of children and families of all ages and ethnicities enjoying food, even vegetables. Any or all books from this series will be a wonderful addition to health lessons. Teachers and readers will enjoy the author’s organization and interactive page for readers to find the food being studied. Each book also includes "How it helps your body," My Pyramid (from USDA), and a picture glossary. Table of Contents. Index. – Brenda Rogers, Educational Reviewer, Kent, Washington Library Media Connection November/December 2010 Issue

Library Media Connection

(3) K-3 Healthy Eating with MyPlate series. Inspired by the U.S. government’s MyPlate nutrition guide, Fruits and Vegetables follow exactly the same text structure, providing explanations, examples, and health benefits of each food group; MyPlate describes all five food groups, giving examples of foods in each. Stock photos adequately support the text. Glos., ind. – Sethany Rancier Alongi The Horn Book Guide Fall 2012 issue

The Horn Book Guide

Fruits is a short, easy-to-read book from the Healthy Eating With MyPlate Series that introduces to young readers what fruits are, what they look like, and how eating them promotes health. The book also suggests how to incorporate fruits into a well-balanced diet. A simple picture glossary and quiz with answers are also included. A website on healthy eating, whose content may be above the reading level of early readers, is promoted. Notes at the end for parents and teachers suggest explanations to share with young listeners plus interactive learning activities to help children learn about fruits. Discussion in early sections of the book may jump to topics in another section without a clear transition. Some statements can be reordered to improve logical flow; some pictures can be matched to a different statement to more appropriately illustrate the idea; and some statements can be reworded to improve coherence of the discussion. More consistent labeling of fruits shown in pictures plus having a picture table of various fruits in the glossary would enhance the educational content in the book. Pictures of fruits are colorful and sharp. Pictures showing children of diverse backgrounds enjoying eating various fruits, participating in different activities, and acting in assorted settings not only portray and promote a healthy message, but are also engaging to young readers. This is a very readable book with a positive message enhanced by beautiful pictures for young children to learn about fruits and healthy eating.

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