I’ve never seen anything quite like these entertaining children’s picture books! The authors took fruits and vegetables carefully selected at farmers’ markets, and using the natural contours and imperfections of the foods, created faces, whole bodies, animals, houses, and so much more – all out of food!
For example, in “Food for Thought,” we have puppy dogs made out of strawberries, a sheep made out of cauliflower with an olive head, a bird made out of an artichoke, giraffes out of bananas, ants made out of cherries, and that’s just the beginning. Furthermore, these foods aren’t just fun to look at; they’re educational, too.
The first category in this book is shapes, with a house created out of melon, and then we move into colors, with a feisty grinning orange. Then we move into counting, with five turtles made from pineapple and six eggplant penguins. We learn the alphabet with food creations ranging from A to Z, with a banana as an airplane and then also as a zebra. Finishing up our creative educational book is the section on opposites. Truly, these are the cutest food sculptures I’ve ever seen. (This book was published in 2005 by Scholastic.)
Also by the same authors comes “How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods.” On each page we learn about emotions with the help of our foody friends. An orange shows us bashful, a lemon displays shyness, and a green pepper gives us a great big grin. Tomatoes show us both jealousy and pride, and a strawberry even shows us a nice, juicy kiss. (This book was published in 1999 by Scholastic.)
Last, we read “Gus and Button,” the story of a mushroom man and his mushroom dog. Everything in their world is made from mushrooms, and so is therefore, the same color. But one day he meets some colorful people who have been exploring the artichoke woods, and they take him to see their town, appropriately called Cornucopia, made in full color. Again, the characterizations are great. (This book was published in 2001 by Scholastic.)
I really enjoyed these clever and creative books, and I know you and your family will enjoy them too.
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