Buy it: Pinkalicious
Pinkalicious (By Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann) – One rainy day, a girl makes pink cupcakes with her mom. She gobbles up several of the pink cupcakes and the next day she is pink! Her dad tries to wash off the pink. But when that doesn’t work, her mom takes her to see the doctor, who says she has a rare case of pinkititis. The doctor says she can’t eat anymore pink foods and to return to normal, she must eat a diet of green foods. The girl doesn’t listen and eats more cupcakes. But then she turns red! She decides to follow the doctor’s advice and eats spinach, artichokes and grapes. Soon she is back to normal, but uh-oh, now her little brother is pink!
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Little Pea
Little Pea (Amy Krouse Rosenthal) – Little Pea loves rolling down hills, playing with his pea pals and listening to Mama Pea’s stories. But Little Pea does not like candy, and that’s what peas eat for dinner every night. Papa Pea and Mama Pea ask Little Pea to eat his dinner of candy, saying that it will make him big and strong and he can have dessert if he eats it. So Little Pea eats the candy and is excited to get his favorite dessert – spinach!
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Bread and Jam for Frances
Bread and Jam for Frances (By Russell Hoban) – While the rest of her family eats a variety of foods, Frances only wants to eat bread and jam. Soon her parents decide to only give her bread and jam for every meal. She finds bread and jam on her breakfast plate, in her lunchbox at school and at dinner. Soon Frances gets very tired of bread and jam. She asks if she can eat the spaghetti and meatballs that the rest of the family is eating. The next day, she is happy to find a wide variety of foods in her lunchbox.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Picky Nicky
Picky Nicky (By Cathy East Dubowski) – Nicky only likes spaghetti. Since her family is having grapes, pears, peas and carrots, she heads over to her friend’s house for dinner. Her friend’s family is having spaghetti, but they are also having grapes, pears, peas and carrots. So Nicky hides the grapes, pears, peas and carrots under her spaghetti. But at the end of the meal, her plate is empty. She ate all the fruits and vegetables without even realizing it. Nicky tells her parents that she will eat anything as long as she can hide it in spaghetti. This is a picture reader, which means that some of the words are represented by pictures. Therefore, young children can help read along.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: D.W. The Picky Eater
D.W. The Picky Eater (By Marc Brown) – D.W. has a whole list of foods that she refuses to eat. But most of all, she hates spinach. Because of D.W.’s picky eating habits, she has to stay home when her family goes out to dinner. Soon, D.W. begins to realizing that she’s missing out on the fun. So for the family’s next dinner out, she agrees to eat something from the menu. D.W. ends up loving her dinner and eating every last bite. When she asks the waiter for the recipe, she finds out that she just ate a whole lot of spinach!
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? (Jane Yolen and Mark Teague) – How do dinosaurs eat their food? Do they burp? Fidget in their chair? Spit out their food? No. Dinosaurs say “please.” Try at least one bite of each new food and eat everything with a smile. The fun pictures of dinosaurs misbehaving at the dinner table will amuse young children. And the book might make children realize that sometimes they do the very same things as the dinosaurs.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
