Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z

by Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)

Overview

While teaching upper and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food. 11 X 8-1/2. Full-color illustrations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152244361
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/27/1993
Series:	Voyager Books Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	9,880
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

LOIS EHLERT has created many picture books, including Leaf Man, Pie in the Sky, In My World, Growing Vegetable Soup, Planting a Rainbow, and the bestselling Waiting for Wings. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Editorial Reviews

An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables by a Caldecott honor book winning illustrator. Favorites like tomatoes and bananas are illustrated and named along with less familiar ones such as radicchio and jalapeno peppers. The book contains information notes on each term. 1996, (orig.

Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot

All too frequently, teachers tell me that colleagues strike alphabet books from their upper-grade library's order list. That's sad, for the best alphabet books are for everyone. For example with Ehlert's book you can share it as 1) a simply beautiful alphabet book, 2) a sampling of edible plants elementary grade youngsters can categorize (i.e. leaf or root, crunchy or slurpy, yellow or green), whose origins can be pinpointed on a map, or whose preparations reflect cultural similarities or differences, 3) a collection of fine watercolor collages, anyone can try, 4) an information book with glossary entries that are models of tightly constructed, information laden, two-to-four sentence paragraphs. 1996 (orig.

Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin

Lois Ehlert's much acclaimed picture book has gone through several reincarnations since its original publication. This latest—a lap-sized board book—is perhaps one of its best. Size itself is the factor. It is large enough so that Ehlert's evocative and colorful renderings of veggies and fruit, from avocado and asparagus to persimmon, pomegranate, and Swiss chard—and yes, even xigua and zucchini—can be properly seen and admired while propped on a parent or child's lap. Of course, it might be a tad heavy for a small toddler to drag around, but the solid-board pages will taste as sweet to any teething baby. The alphabet function is still foremost, and the name of each item pictured is printed in both upper and lower case in large, readable type—giving the truly precocious future gourmet the opportunity to learn the correct spelling for such delicacies as "rutabaga" and "radicchio." This is definitely a win-win book.

Children's Literature - Kathleen Karr