Nutrition Books for Kids
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Nutrition Books for Kids

These children's books about nutrition and healthy eating and food books for kids come recommended from reputable sources, including my dietitian colleagues who work solely with kids.

• Bibliotherapy
• Nutrition Books for Kids 4-8 years old
• Books on Nutrition for Kids 9-12 years old
• Kid Cookbooks

Bibliotherapy

Ever heard of bibliotherapy?

Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help kids think about, understand, and overcome their issues. This can include picky eating and poor eating habits.

No one likes being told what to do. (Even adults!) So when you tell your child to "try the broccoli," your child wants to try the broccoli even less!

Bibliotherapy takes your child's willfulness out of the equation by making the problem about some other kid...the kid in the book.

Instead of being the one with the problem, your child gets to read a funny book about someone else with a problem. Your child gets to see the problem from the outside. Your child gets to think:

I don't want to be like that kid!

The following food books for kids have been referenced on a number of bibliotherapy booklists:

• What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr
• Dinosaurs Alive & Well by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
• Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
• Grandpa's Garden Lunch by Judith Caseley
• This Is The Way We Eat Our Lunch by Edith Baer and Steve Björkman.

How Only Baloney Got Cured of Spoiled-Taste-Buds-Atitis

Nutrition Books for Kids 4-8 years old

Note: See my book reviews for book titles in bold.

• I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
• Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
• Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
• The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons
• Apples by Gail Gibbons
• Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman and Sheila Bailey (available in English and Spanish)
• The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy
• The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wague' Diakite'
• What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers
• How Groundhog's Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
• The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
• The ABC's of Fruits and Vegetables and Beyond by Steve Charney and David Goldbeck
• Jamberry by Bruce Degen
• Eat Healthy, Feel Great by William Sears, Martha Sears, and Christie Watts Kelly
• Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story by Helen Cooper
• Oliver's Fruit Salad by Vivian French
• Picky Nicky by Cathy East Dubowski
• Muncha Muncha Muncha by Candace Fleming
• The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

Books on Nutrition for Kids 9-12 years old

• Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch by Bill Haduch and Rick Stromoski
• Kids Garden!: The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing & Growing Fun by Avery Hart, Paul Mantell, Loretta Braren, and Jennie Chien
• Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes by Rosalind Creasy and Ruth Heller
• Annie Pitts, Artichoke by Diane Degroat
• Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe Declements

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