Product Description

Learning about a healthy diet is fun.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1425159 in Books
• Published on: 1994-08-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1 pages

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3?An entertaining, attractive introduction to the food pyramid, still a fairly new concept in nutrition education. The menu at the Edible Pyramid restaurant is based on the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's food guide. The head waiter?a French cat in tails?explains the dishes to his customers, a menagerie of other animals in equally formal attire. Each segment of the pyramid is presented in a two-page spread, defining the food group mentioned and illustrating it with many mouth-watering examples. The recommended number of daily servings is also explained, and after going through the entire menu, the maitre'd helps his diners select a balanced meal. Paintings of the animals and food are done in muted colors. A small pyramid appears in the corner of each illustration, with the block being examined highlighted. Leedy's text is brief and to the point, but witty, especially the animals' commentary. Other helpful books on nutrition for this age group include Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's Nutrition (Holiday, 1992) and Dorothy Baldwin's Health and Food (Rourke, 1987), but neither emphasizes the food pyramid.?Joyce Adams Burner, formerly at Spring Hill Middle School, KS
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Ages 5-7. Ushering a group of elegantly clothed animals into the grand opening of the Edible Pyramid restaurant, the suave waiter introduces the selections on the U.S. Department of Agriculture food pyramid, explaining the choices in each category, the number of daily servings recommended for each group, and what a "serving" means. The bold, stylized artwork in muted colors, featuring plates of pancakes, bagels, crackerss and pretzels or a tableful of yogurt, milks, and cheese has a certain panache, but the brief text is flat and dull. Still, there's not much on this important topic, and teachers explaining the food pyramid to young children will find this a useful picture book. Carolyn Phelan

Ingram
Animal characters learn about "good eating everyday" in a restaurant called The Edible Pyramid, where the waiter offers the foods grouped in sections of the Food Guide Pyramid and customers learn how many servings they need each day.

Customer Reviews

A little mistake on one page
I was surprised that on the, "Dry Beans & Nuts" page of this book, peanuts were listed as a nut. Maybe the author wanted to teach that peanuts can be a source of protein, but I don't like the idea of teaching inaccurate information! These days, people learn that nuts grow on trees, that peanuts are not nuts and they grow under the ground. Has the author read any food allergy articles describing peanuts as a legume related to the pea or bean? Or her editor? Fortunately, peanuts were listed close to the "Dry Beans" list, because other legumes such as peas and lentils were also listed.

A great book to teach the food pyramid to young children!!!
I am a first grade teacher in Indiana. I used this book with my students when studying the food pyramid. It was a big success. The illustrations were very bright and kept the students attention! The text idea of the restaurant was fun for the children. Their most favorite part was trying to figure out what the creature was that kept trying to get some food. Look and see if you can guess!!!