SuitabookSee what we eat!
Scot Ritchie
- Reading
- Finish by comparing the book’s community meal with your own shared-food traditions.
- Themes
- Healthy eating and variety: The friends learn why eating a variety of foods from each food group matters, then eat a nutritious snack. Healthy eating and food variety are presented as ordinary, desirable practices within the group’s activities.
- Food, community and the environment: A farm tour, a journey to the store, cooking with a parent, composting peels and a community harvest dinner connect food with places and people. The book gives an introductory account of how food reaches the market and shows shared preparation and waste composting as parts of community life.
- Worth knowing
- The healthy-eating message is prominent: food groups, nutritious choices and variety are presented positively. A child may benefit from discussing how food preferences, access and family practices can differ.