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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Eat Up' by Paula Ayer and Antonia Banyard with illustrations by Bell Wuthrich is an infographic filled book for kids all about food.
The book covers a lot of ground in less than 100 pages. There are chapters about early hunting and gathering, farming and where food comes from, and being savvy to the way food is marketed. How food production affects the environment is covered as well as some information about food around the world.
I appreciate a kids book that is fun, educational, and not overly preachy about things. This hits the right balance. There are serious subjects and fun ones to balance things out. As I mentioned before, they cover a lot in such a short page count.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Annick Press Ltd. and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
The book covers a lot of ground in less than 100 pages. There are chapters about early hunting and gathering, farming and where food comes from, and being savvy to the way food is marketed. How food production affects the environment is covered as well as some information about food around the world.
I appreciate a kids book that is fun, educational, and not overly preachy about things. This hits the right balance. There are serious subjects and fun ones to balance things out. As I mentioned before, they cover a lot in such a short page count.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Annick Press Ltd. and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
ljrinaldi's review against another edition
4.0
Infographics present facts so they are easy to digest, pun intended. So this book of infographics or perhaps factoids, as they say on the BBC, is just that. A series of easy to understand statements about the food that we so often take for granted.
Ans since it is written for middle-school or perhaps even elementary school level, all the facts are very easy to understand. Yes, as one reviewer said, it does lean towards teaching kids to eat unprocessed, or minimally processed food, or to grow your own, but it is important to offer those points of view as well.
Good book to have in the library or classroom to give a good overview of the world we live in, and eat.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Ans since it is written for middle-school or perhaps even elementary school level, all the facts are very easy to understand. Yes, as one reviewer said, it does lean towards teaching kids to eat unprocessed, or minimally processed food, or to grow your own, but it is important to offer those points of view as well.
Good book to have in the library or classroom to give a good overview of the world we live in, and eat.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
sarahfett's review against another edition
4.0
Infographics are a fun way to learn new things and this book is full of them. The layout is a bit busy, but overall it's a great book.
I received an ARC from NetGalley.
I received an ARC from NetGalley.
scostner's review against another edition
3.0
Whether you are interested in the difference between conventional and organic farming, or wild caught versus farmed fish - this book has tidbits for every aspect of food. Everything from ethnic foods to what you can do to be a smarter consumer is covered in colorful spreads filled with charts and photos. Back matter includes a glossary, list of sources, and an index. Good for classes studying food production, consumerism, or goods and services.
skundrik87's review against another edition
3.0
Cute, but since I am looking for Canadian content, this was not fantastic.
mandarchy's review against another edition
4.0
I gave this book four stars because it has so many references and resources. Students can easily use this book as a jump off point for research about food. I question the amount of text and information in such a small space - people today want less text and this book provides bite sized chunks (pun intended). But I wonder how age appropriate the information/graphics vs. picture book is. What I mean is, it looks like a picture book for primary students, but the content seems more middle grade. Primary students could explore this book with the help of an adult, but I'm not sure they would understand the concepts without support. Middle grade students might eat up (pun intended) the content, but shun the picture book format. Teachers who teach about community and food sources need this book.
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