Reviews

Our Food: A Healthy Serving of Science and Poems by Ranida T. McKneally, Grace Lin

clstrifes's review against another edition

informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

3.0

yellowdjo's review against another edition

5.0

A poetry book about our food, and what is healthy for us. Very informational and talks about the five food groups. Talks about the differences between a fruit and vegetable. Goes into depth on what each food group is and what it consists of. The illustrations are great! Definitely will have in my class, so students can learn about the food groups in a fun way!

earldizon's review against another edition

3.0

Grace Lin writes the haiku,  Ranida T. McKneally provides the facts behind the topics, and Grace Zong does the art work for this picture book about the food groups and "healthy" eating. Somehow, the information being presented was giving me 80's/ early 90's vibe.

maidmarianlib's review against another edition

3.0

Lots of great science and facts here about all different kinds of food, the poems are a little lackluster for me.

ursulamonarch's review

1.0

I’m sure there are worse books about food and nutrition for kids, but I thought this one was pretty terrible. Partially it just reminded me that “dairy is one of the five food groups” which is so silly (sorry vegan kids who read this!), and labels fats as good and bad in a way that seems unlikely kids can understand. The information presented seems random enough to not be helpful, but too boring to be at least interesting. The entire discussion of beans here is related to gas. Skip this book.