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This deceptively simple story guides sensitive kids through trying a new food, with support and encouragement aplenty.
Children are often picky eaters, but for kids on the autism spectrum or with sensory issues, trying new foods can be especially challenging. In Nope! Never! Not for Me! a young child refuses to try a bite of broccoli--that is, until her mom guides her through a careful exploration of the new food. First she looks, then she sniffs, then touches, and finally takes one tiny bite. What do you know? Broccoli isn't so overwhelming after all!
With simple, reassuring text and bold illustrations in a limited palette, Nope! Never! Not For Me! espouses a patient approach to picky eating and empowers kids to explore new experiences without stress or pressure.
Author Notes
Samantha Cotterill is an illustrator and textile designer. She works and resides with her family in Upstate New York.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1--A young dinosaur-obsessed toddler does not want to eat broccoli. Her refrain of "Nope. Never. Not for Me" repeats even as her mother invites her to get acquainted with the veg by looking at it and touching it. When her mother uses her love of dinosaurs to turn eating the broccoli into a game, she is able to sniff it, touch it, and even taste a little bite. She hates it! Her mother reassures her that it is OK if she didn't like it--the important thing is that she tried something new. The young child is now a "Try"ceratops and has decided she can try more new foods. A dinosaur chart with an empty belly allows the child to place pictures of new foods she has tried on it along with smiley or frowny face stickers to show what she thought of each one. The story is a brief, but important one. The child is able to have a positive experience exploring something new by using something she is already deeply invested in. Illustrations are ink and pencil on watercolor paper and are mainly green, black, and orange--it is, after all, a story with broccoli and dinosaurs. VERDICT A good choice for children who have sensory issues or are simply picky eaters.--Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA
Kirkus Review
It's dinnertime for little dinosaurs, but trying new foods is never easy.Caregivers will recognize the scenario instantly: sitting at the table with their own little dinosaurs, trying to coax a bite out of them. This dinoa human child clad in a triceratops-styled cowlhas every excuse in the book not to eat the single floret of broccoli on their plate, from "too lumpy" to "too scratchy," which may be baffling to caregivers but will make perfect sense to toddlers. However, when their mom suggests that the foodstuff in question is not the child's nemesis, broccoli, but "trees," our little dinosaur finds their brave side and learns to try something new, dramatized in a funny, four-image sequence: "gulp! / MMF! / yacky! / ROARRR!" Realistically, the broccoli is not an immediate hit, but their mother reassures them that just trying is brave, turning the once-finicky eater into a " try' ceratops." Simple and expressive, fine-lined cartoon illustrations with a dino-green color scheme help bring the story to life in a way that will elicit chuckles. More importantly though, the book helps promote healthy ways to talk about food with kids by gently encouraging them to be brave. The first in a senses-themed series, its message is tailored to children on the spectrum and with sensory disorders but has broad applicability to neurotypical audiences as well. Both child and mom have paper-white skin, straight, black hair, and pink cheeks.A delightful book that reminds us all to try something new, even if it's "yacky!" (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
It's not hard to guess the green vegetable referred to in the title. Yep, it's broccoli bumpy, lumpy broccoli. Will the little girl in the green dinosaur costume try it? Wildly protesting to the tips of her yellow-toed socks, she screams, kicks her feet, and collapses in a black-clouded heap. When she actually ventures to taste a floret, her facial expressions are priceless and her disappointment palpable because, despite her heroic dinosaur persona, she doesn't like it. But, as her mom points out, at least she is a try ceratops. Next page: the makings of pizza. Well, maybe she'll be willing to give that a try. A limited ink-and-pencil color palette of green, black, and orange on generous white backgrounds shows the determined little one in many humorous poses as her face and posture act out all the stages of the title. This is part of the Little Senses Collection, where Cotterill shows situations from the wonderfully sensitive kids' point of view.--Lolly Gepson Copyright 2019 Booklist
