Book #31
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Bibliographic Citation:
How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods.
By Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers. Illus. by authors.
1999. 38p. Arthur A. Levine Books, $15.95. (9780439104319)
Age Group:
Toddler - Grade1
Toddler - Grade1
Genre:
Fiction
Fiction
Awards:
- The New York Times Best Illustrated Childrens Books 1999
- CCBC Book of the Week
- National Association of Parenting Publications Gold Award 1999
- Oppenheim Portfolio Platinum Medal
- Northern California Independent Bookseller Association Bestseller List
- Parent Paper National Parenting Publication Award 1999
- National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis Gradiva Award for Best Childrens Book 2000
- Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
- Not Just for Children Anymore! 2001 list
Topics/Issues:
Emotions, Vegetables
Emotions, Vegetables
ELS promoted:
Print motivation, print awareness,
Print motivation, print awareness,
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Author/Illustrator sites:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/saxton-freymann
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/saxton-freymann
Categorization Tags:
E Freymann
E Freymann
Annotation:
Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions such as "Are you feeling angry?"
Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions such as "Are you feeling angry?"
Reactions/Observations:
Freymann discusses the difficult subject of emotions. For a child, it' difficult to discuss how they are feeling. Feelings are abstract concepts, but this book uses rhyming text to explain how kids can identify what they're "peeling". Using artfully cut vegetables and fruit, a variety of emotions are portrayed from happy to sad, to less concrete emotions like jealousy and pride. The story and illustrations are enjoyable for both children and adults. Children will easily become drawn in by the playful and colorful images of expressive food. The book is silly, but I think that's part of its charm. Freymann is a genius to use the imperfections of produce to create such a unique picture book. This book would be fantastic to introduce talking about feelings for a young audience. The ideal audience would be ages 3 to 6.
Freymann discusses the difficult subject of emotions. For a child, it' difficult to discuss how they are feeling. Feelings are abstract concepts, but this book uses rhyming text to explain how kids can identify what they're "peeling". Using artfully cut vegetables and fruit, a variety of emotions are portrayed from happy to sad, to less concrete emotions like jealousy and pride. The story and illustrations are enjoyable for both children and adults. Children will easily become drawn in by the playful and colorful images of expressive food. The book is silly, but I think that's part of its charm. Freymann is a genius to use the imperfections of produce to create such a unique picture book. This book would be fantastic to introduce talking about feelings for a young audience. The ideal audience would be ages 3 to 6.
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