Food for thought : the complete book of concepts for growing minds

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Author:

Summary:

Uses bright photographs of fruit and vegetables shaped like animals and simple labels to teach toddlers shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites.

General Note:

"Shapes, colors, numbers, letters, opposites"--Cover.

Physical Description:

61 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature.

Shapes -- Juvenile literature.

Colors -- Juvenile literature.

Counting -- Juvenile literature.

Alphabet books -- Juvenile literature.

English language -- Synonyms and antonyms -- Juvenile literature.

Fruit -- Juvenile literature.

Vegetables -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

A. Levine Books,

Publication Date:

2005

ISBN:

9780439110181

9781415577073

Publication Information:

New York : A. Levine Books, c2005.

Call Number:

P FREYMAN

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Offering a brilliant banquet for baby's brain, hilarious food sculptures act out the five most important learning concepts - shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites. "It's the playful, wonderfully clever transformation of familiar foods that will win an audience; preschoolers will howl gleefully over glistening green-pepper frogs and a snowman of stacked mushroom caps, who toasts his marshmallow over fruit-skin flames." - Booklist, starred review "A visual treat." - School Library Journal

Author Notes

Joost Elffers is the producer of Viking Studio's bestselling The Secret Language of Birthdays, The Secret Language of Relationships, and Play with Your Food.

He lives in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 1-Smiling oranges, mushroom "men," pepper "people," bananas that look like giraffes, eggplant penguins, and cauliflower sheep are just a few of the delightful food sculptures that grace the pages of this fun, educational offering. Freymann explores various concepts including shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites with the help of his signature vegetable and fruit characters. The concepts are well executed, and although the triangular carrot does not have perfectly straight lines, its shape is recognizable. Children will thoroughly enjoy the clever artwork and adorable characters. A visual treat.-Melinda Piehler, Sawgrass Elementary School, Sunrise, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Favorite characters (and even produce!) make a comeback this spring. Food for Thought: The Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, the team behind How Are You Peeling? uses their signature vegetable and fruit "faces" to explore shapes, colors, numbers, letters and opposites, showcased in a paper-over-board gallery of spectacular photographs. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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