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4.58 AVERAGE
4.58 AVERAGE
Overall, this is clever and pretty cute. Although some of the creations were a bit disturbing, I can tell it took a lot of work and creativity to put it all together.
Reinforces healthy eating, alphabet book, could be used to teach initial, medial, and final sounds
This colorful and engaging book covers five basic topics for children (shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites) using fruits and vegetables to provide the visuals. Creativity just oozes off every page! I especially love the “Opposites” section. Whether it's mushroom people balancing on a broccoli and rhubarb teeter-totter to illustrate “up” vs. “down” or a huge melon cat staring down at a little radish dog, the images were intriguing, original, and humorous. Mr Freymann is particularly good at combining unlikely pairings to create a scene: a portobello mushroom top, pearl onions, broccoli, beans and artichokes became an owl and its nest for the ”O” page.
Yellow bell peppers, brussel sprouts and bok choy make up the seven fish in the “Numbers” section. The first and shortest section, “Shapes,” was the weakest and least inspiring – the images used to demonstrate certain shapes just didn't seem to register with my kids – but every subsequent section got better and better. With its bright colors, simple lines, and amazing attention to detail, this book will interest children of all ages.
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Yellow bell peppers, brussel sprouts and bok choy make up the seven fish in the “Numbers” section. The first and shortest section, “Shapes,” was the weakest and least inspiring – the images used to demonstrate certain shapes just didn't seem to register with my kids – but every subsequent section got better and better. With its bright colors, simple lines, and amazing attention to detail, this book will interest children of all ages.
For more book reviews, come visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves.
The appeal in this book comes from the bright colors and the creativity of the food stylist.
I wish they had ditched the shapes section, since the shapes are very difficult to see for a toddler. However, I loved looking at the illustrations with my daughter.