Play with Your Plate! (A Mix-and-Match Play Book)

by Judith Rossell

Overview

Learn all about mealtime by mixing and matching foods in award-winning author/illustrator Judith Rossell’s interactive board book, Play with Your Plate!

From sushi to watermelon to tacos, there are so many foods for young ones to learn about! This clever novelty book is comprised of four mini board books, each making up a quarter of the plate.
Mix and match the four sets of pages to make healthy food choices and create more than 4,000 mealtime combinations! By playing the various games suggested in the book, little readers will also be able to hone their concepts of colors and shapes by creating plates with, for example, only red foods or triangles. So much fun to play with your plate!

“The possibilities are many . . . Adults can also use the book as a springboard for a playful conversation on food and nutrition.” —Kirkus Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419739071
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	04/14/2020
Series:	A Mix-and-Match Play Book
Pages:	18
Sales rank:	1,074,693
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 5 Years

About the Author

Judith Rossell is an award-winning author-illustrator who has written more than a dozen books and illustrated more than 80. Her books have been translated into nearly 20 languages. Rossell lives in Melbourne, Australia, with a cat the size of a walrus. Learn more at judithrossell.com.

Editorial Reviews

"The possibilities are many… Adults can also use the book as a springboard for a playful conversation on food and nutrition."—Kirkus Review

From the Publisher

2020-03-25
An interactive concept book relating to food, colors, and shapes for the preschool set.

When children open the book they will find four small books arranged as a square. The two on the left open to the left, the two on the right open to the right. When all four books are open it looks like a place setting, with a plate full of food. The books have illustrations of food with different shapes: circles (slices of kiwi, a bowl of guacamole) and triangles (a pizza slice, a watermelon wedge); different colors: red (kidney beans, red miso soup, tomatoes), yellow (corn bread, a taco, pineapple), green (peas, lettuce, edamame); and food types: fruits, vegetables, sushi, pizza, pasta. The book suggests some plate arrangements children can make: “Can you make a plate of only triangles or circles?” “Can you make a plate of only vegetables or fruits?” or “Can you make a plate of your favorite foods?” But the possibilities are many, and readers can come up with their own combinations—including matching the plate edges or the accompanying flatware. Adults can also use the book as a springboard for a playful conversation on food and nutrition.

Playing with your food is allowed (and encouraged!) here. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews