From the series Pick a Plate
Lunch
Reading Level Grades 2-3Interest Level Grades 1 – 3Copyright 2023
Reviewed
From the series Pick a Plate
Reading Level Grades 2-3Interest Level Grades 1 – 3Copyright 2023
ReviewedLunch gives you the energy to get through your day. But there are so many options for this midday meal. What’s on your plate? Empower young readers to identify healthy choices with this exciting book that makes food literacy approachable. Colorful illustrations combined with bright photos make picking healthy choices fun!
Part of healthy living is knowing how to fuel one’s body. Using the USDA MyPlate model, readers are taken on a “build your own plate” story to compare and contrast choices. There is no moral value applied to the foods; they are simply weighed for nutritional and preferential choices by category. A combination of illustrations and real images of dishes are featured, and matched to the appropriate section of the built plate for each meal. VERDICT There is good nutrition science included, and even nice vegetarian options folded in, but it does rely on the USDA rather than the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate, so it may be a controversial choice depending on curricula standards.
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