Children's Books - Food and Diet
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Food and Diet:
Fiction - Picture Books:
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass. 1999. (32 pgs) Gr. 2-5.
Herb is the lone vegetarian in a land of human-eating dragons. When he is captured and about to be executed for crimes he didn’t commit, a young damsel steps in (his mouth) to save him, and dragons and humans come to a positive resolution.
Diversity. Identity. Tolerance. Vegetarianism.
Hubert the Pudge by Henrik Drescher. 2006. (40 pgs) Gr. 1-3.
Hubert escapes the meat factory, discovers his true self in the jungle, and returns to rescue his fellow pudges and to convince the farmer to change careers.
Food habits. Vegetarianism.
Water, Weed and Wait by Edith Hope Fine. 2010. (32 pgs) Gr. K-2.
A cheery rhyming story about elementary school kids who clean up a patch of the school yard and turn it into a lovely garden with the community's help.
Community. Gardening. Nature.
Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French. 1998. (32 pgs) Gr. Pre-K-2.Oliver’s a picky eater who’s happy to help his grandfather grow and pick fruit, but refuses to eat any…until he helps make a big fruit salad.
Food habits. Fruits. Gardening.
Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French. 1998. (32 pgs) Gr. Pre-K-2.On a visit to his grandparents, Oliver declares that he’ll only eat French fries. His grandfather tells him he may look in the garden for potatoes, but he has to eat whatever he finds.
Food habits. Gardening. Vegetables.
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