Books that Nourish
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Books that Nourish Children’s reading books with nutrition themes provide opportunities to explore issues around food and health. Themes can include cultural diversity, personal likes and dislikes, food for healthy bodies and acceptance of others. Some ideas to start discussion may include: “What food is that?” “Has anyone eaten this food?” “What do babies eat?” “Who decides what to eat or where to eat?” “How is this family like yours? How is this family different?” ‘What is the colour/shape/size of that food?” Other activities may be built around books including: Starting a vegetable garden or planting seeds on cotton wool and water to grow Taste testing some different fruits and vegetables Colouring sheets featuring fruits and vegetables Cutting out and making a poster of healthy foods or healthy food mobiles Cooking together – choosing foods that are easy to prepare and safe. Vegetable guessing game Books That Nourish Brown Bread and Honey By Pamela Allen, 2003. Puffin, published by Penguin Books Australia Green Eggs and Ham By Dr Seuss, Picture Lions, HarperCollins Publisher Pigs and Honey By Jeanie Adams, 1989, Omnibus Books – Set in Cape North Peninsula, Pigs and Honey is about an Aboriginal extended family hunting and picnic party in the bush described by a young boy. Going for Oysters By Jeanie Adams, 1991, Omnibus Books – A contemporary book about Aboriginal family life Wombat Stew By Marcia Vaughan and Pamela Lofts, 2001, Scholastic Australia The Tooth Book By Thoe Le Sieg and others, 1984 Picture Lions. Publisher HarperCollins Publisher The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch By Rhonda & David Armitage, 1994, Scholastic Hippo I Want My dinner By Tony Ross, 1996, Picture Lions. Publisher HarperCollins Publisher Pumpkin Soup By Helen Cooper, 1999, Corgi Children’s, Random House Children’s Books Alfi Beasti Don’t Eat That By Kate Hardy, 1990, Viking Children’s Books, Penguin Books Eat up, Gemma By Sarah Hayes, 1989, Walker Books Eat Your Peas By Kes Gray, 1990, Red Fox, Radon House Children’s Books. Sheep Out to Eat By Nancy Shaw, 1997, Houghton Mifflin Buttercup’s Breakfast By Ron Maris, 1999, Walker Books Festive, Family and Foods By Diana Carey and Judy Large, 1982, Hawthorn Press Eat Your Dinner! By: Virginia Miller, 1994, Walker Books I Will Not Ever Eat a Tomato By Lauren Child, 2001, The Watts Publishing Group Handa’s Surprise By: Eileen Browne, 1995, Walker Books The Friday Nights of Nana By Amy Hest and Claire Nivola, 2001, Candlewick. School Lunch By LBD, 1990, Ladybird Books, Penguin Books The Carrot Seed By Ruth Krauss, 1990, HarperCollins Children’s Books Eating the Alphabet By Lois Ehlert, 1996, Red Wagon Books Germs Make Me Sick By Melvin Berger, 1995, HarperCollins Children’s Books Gregory the Terrible Eater By Mitchell Sharmat, 1984, Scholastic Trade Growing Vegetable Soup By Lois Elhert, 1990, Red Wagon Books Morris and the Apple Tree By Vivian French, 1995, Plants as Food By Paul McEvoy, 2002 Blake Education Pty Why are Pineapples Prickly – questions children ask about food By C. Maynard, 1997, Dorling Kindersley How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food By Jane Yolen The Ugly Vegetables By Grace Lin Let’s Eat This is a Spanish book which focuses on a different member of an extended family each day as they sit and enjoy their meals together By Ana Zamorano The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle Eating the Alphabet By Lois Ehlert Orange Pear Apple Bear By Emily Gravett Fruit By Jillian Powell The Great Enormous Turnip By Alexel Tolstoy Growing Vegetable Soup By Lois Ehlert Lunch at the Zoo By Brenda C. Lee Available through the website www.littlecottagebooks.com Stone Soup By Tony Bonning Little Apple – a Book of Thanks By Brigitte Weninger & Anne Moller Growing Colours By Bruce McMillan Oranges for Orange Juice By Rozanne Williams Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea A humorous book that encourage vegetable eating By Lee Fox and Mitch Vaine – Order via www.gowrievictoria.org.au/Resources/OnlineBookshop/OnlineBookshop/tabid/62/Default.aspx Sweet as a Strawberry By Sally Smallwood Cool as a Cucumber By Sally Smallwood I Eat Fruit By Hanna Tofts I Eat Vegetables By Hanna Tofts The Pear in the Pear Tree By Pamela Allen I Can Eat a Rainbow By Annabel Karmel I Only Eat Toast By Jo Fiedler, Greg Knagge and Shane Devries The Waterhole By Graeme Base OTHER RESOURCES RECOMMENDED BY DIETITIANS The Good Food Puzzle – a magnetic puzzle with core food groups By Amanda Clarke
