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Acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Robie H. Harris introduces preschoolers to the pleasures of eating healthy, being active, and feeling good.
Gus, Nellie, and baby Jake can't wait to go on a picnic! In the morning the family heads to their community garden, then to the farmer's market and the grocery store to gather vegetables, fruit, meat, and other fresh and delicious foods. Readers follow them through the day as they go home to prepare, cook, and pack up the goodies, then cap their day by eating a yummy meal in the park and flying a kite together. Funny, accessible, family-filled illustrations; conversations between Gus and Nellie; and matter-of-fact text combine to show young children how food fuels our bodies -- and help them see how healthy eating and drinking, and being active, can make them feel their best for a day full of fun.
Author Notes
Robie H. Harris (1940-2024) is the New York Times best-selling author of the acclaimed Family Library series-- It's Perfectly Normal , It's So Amazing! , and It's Not the Stork!-- illustrated by Michael Emberley; CRASH! BOOM! A Math Tale , illustrated by Chris Chatterton; and Somewhere , illustrated by Armando Mariño. She is also the author of the Let's Talk About You and Me series, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott, and many other books for young children.
Nadine Bernard Westcott is the illustrator of more than a hundred books, including the first three books in the Let's Talk About YOU and ME series. She lives in Massachusetts.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-While the digital illustrations tell the story of a racially mixed family's active day (walking and cycling to the community garden, farmer's market, and grocery store before making lunch and preparing food for an afternoon picnic), text and speech bubbles from siblings Gus and Nellie provide the information about healthy foods and how they affect our bodies. Joined in all of the public settings with a multicultural background cast, smiles abound within and around the family unit, equating the act of making good food choices with family togetherness and fun. This genial positivism, along with the wide variety of featured foods (smartly labeled to provide new things to point out during repeat readings) makes for a fine resource for promoting a healthy lifestyle.-Joanna K. Fabicon, Los Angeles Public Library (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The racially blended family from the previous books in Harris and Westcott's Let's Talk About You and Me series model responsible shopping and healthy eating habits as they buy groceries for a picnic. The enthusiastic brother and sister describe their food-oriented activities while Harris explains the connection between what one eats and how one feels. The dialogue tends to be more didactic than realistic ("I bet if I eat some blueberries and yogurt or some carrots and hummus, I won't be tired or hungry anymore"), but readers may still take the cue to try some new foods. Ages 2-5. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
The creators of What's in There? and Who Has What? introduce nutrition to the youngest set. The straightforward text covers healthy eating, personal preferences, allergies, and more, while speech bubbles and pictures show siblings Gus and Nellie's mixed-race family planning a picnic and visiting a farmer's market, community garden, grocery store, and park in their urban neighborhood. Sunny illustrations underscore the upbeat tone. (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The fourth installment in Harris and Westcott's Let's Talk About You and Me series lives up to its predecessors' achievements in its plain talk about health.Biracial siblings Gus and Nellie add chatty, speech-balloon commentary to the narrative text's informational content about good nutrition and exercise habits. Meanwhile, cartoonish art provides a multicultural urban backdrop for their sojourn to a city garden, farmers market and supermarket as they prepare for a picnic with their parents and baby brother. Along the way, they drink water to stay hydrated and get exercise by walking, bicycling and riding a scooter, and they stop for a healthy snack when they need one. Art and text alike present diverse preferences, cultural influences and lifestyles with regard to diet to offer a variety of healthy options while also identifying foods and drinks that are unhealthy. A helpful section on food allergies stops short of acknowledging the life-threatening potential of some such conditions, but it introduces and validates the serious health implications of allergies and gluten intolerance. Never shaming and always empowering, the book champions healthy choices as key to good living.An informational title that seems good for you without being a pill to swallow. (Picture book. 3-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
In this large-format picture book, a biracial family chooses their food at a community garden, a farmers' market, and a supermarket. Eventually, tired and hungry, the parents and children stop to refresh themselves by eating and drinking healthy items. They return home, where they prepare foods together before going to the park for a delicious, nutritious picnic. Along the way, the main text discusses topics related to wholesome eating and feeling good. Speech balloons on every double-page spread carry the children's dialogue. From an informational standpoint, the sound text makes clear that not every family or person eats the same kind of food, and it even ventures into the issue of food allergies. Including a wide variety of people in the backgrounds, Westcott's digital line-and-wash illustrations are clearly delineated, cheerful, and appealing. While neither the text nor the artwork break new ground, this picture book will be a useful addition to school and public-library collections.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist
