FICTION

Fruit

by D.H. DILKES
978-0-7660-3927-8. ea vol: 24p. (All About Good Foods We Eat Series). photos. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Enslow Elementary. 2011. PLB $21.26.
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PreS-K—These easy readers are minimal productions. Each spread features a full-bleed color photograph on the left and two simple statements in a large font set against a white background on the right. The photographs are mainly close-ups of children eating or preparing various kinds of foods. While some of the pictures are pleasing to the eye, others suffer from odd lighting or unappealing facial expressions. The sentences reflect the content of the photographs, but they are flat and do not offer further substance. There is really nothing about the food groups to be learned from these books and there's no entertainment value, either. These uninspiring titles offer only a taste of early reading practice, and it's pretty bland. Emerging readers deserve better.—Alyson Low, Fayetteville Public Library, AR
Vibrant stock photographs of smiling children enjoying healthy (usually but not always) treats drive the texts of these volumes. Content can be factually questionable (tomato juice, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie in Vegetables? cranberry sauce in Fruit?), and it's not always easy to match text with pictures. "Words to Know" begin each volume. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these All About Good Foods We Eat titles: Beans, Nuts, and Oils, Bread and Grains, Fruit, Meat and Fish, Milk and Dairy, and Vegetables.
Reviewed by Alyson Low , Feb 01, 2012

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