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Fear this question no more !
Everything from the way to eat a sea urchin to how gherkins are made is demystified and stunningly illustrated in this readaloud selection of whimsical questions and answers about food. Written by a food critic and illustrated by a food artist, this stylized and unexpected approach to food facts makes even the least appetizing items interesting. The result is a playful celebration of the things we eat . . . and don't eat !
About the author
Joshua David Stein frequently contributes to New York Magazine, The New York Times and the Sunday Times, and he is a restaurant critic at the New York Observer. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons. This is his first children's book.
Julia Rothman creates illustrations and pattern designs for newspapers, magazines, wallpaper, dishware, bedding, billboards, and posters. She has authored and illustrated seven books, though this is her first children's book. She lives in Brooklyn.
Summary
A whimsical–yet factual–series of questions and answers about the things we eat... and don't eat!
Food critic Joshua David Stein whets the appetite of young readers with a wondrous and informative approach to talking about food. This humorous, stylized and entirely unexpected set of food facts will engage both good eaters and resisters alike. With questions both practical ("Can you eat a sea urchin?") and playful ("Do eggs grow on eggplants?"), this read-aloud text offers young children facts to share and the subtle encouragement to taste something new! Food and textile illustrator Julia Rothman brings an authenticity to the text that Stein has written from the heart, for his own three year-old and for pre-schoolers everywhere.
Created for ages 3-5 years
