Let's Explore Tomatoes!

by Jill Colella

Overview

Ripe, juicy tomatoes are a delicious summer treat! Young readers will follow how tomatoes are grown and harvested, and they'll learn how to make tomato sauce in this engaging title that promotes food literacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728402857
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Series:	Food Field Trips
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD450L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jill Colella is a former teacher, the author of many nutrition-themed books for children, and the founder of both Ingredient and Butternut, award-winning children's magazines that promote food literacy. She lives in Minneapolis.

Editorial Reviews

"Appetizing pictures of farm-to-table foods will fill readers of 'Food Field Trips' with delicious excitement and the recipes will have them coming back for more."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

04/01/2021

PreS-Gr 1—Displaying not only the origins of each food item as a living thing from the root to the chicken coop, the interactive visual literacy presentation also asks readers to draw conclusions based on their own observations. The connection between where food originates and how it comes into our homes helps to fill in knowledge gaps in nutritional and agricultural science. There is a magnificent visual diversity of the foods that brings something fresh to unfamiliar readers, from spotted beans to purple carrots. The recipes and activities included at the end of each title help ground the ideas in the real world through their personal interactions with the foods, though parents will have to assist. VERDICT Appetizing pictures of farm-to-table foods will fill readers of "Food Field Trips" with delicious excitement and the recipes will have them coming back for more.

School Library Journal