The Healthy Harvest by Emma Martin, illustrated by Graeme Compton (Little Steps Publishing)
PB RRP $14.95
ISBN: 9781925117431
Reviewed by Anne Hamilton
I’d have said it was
Mission: Impossible.
The task, should anyone have been foolish enough to accept it: write a children’s picture book in rhyming verse about the five food groups. Combine educational imperatives with an appealing story.
Ok, the mission was
not without its minor hiccups. Intrepid rhymester Emma Stuart stumbled over
occasional rhythm—but that it worked at all seemed almost miraculous. There
were a couple of awkward sentence constructions to accommodate the rhyme
scheme. And Harry Harvester’s friends were mostly male.
But these minor quibbles aside, The Healthy Harvest is admirable in all the right ways.
A fresh, zesty look
complements a simple storyline.
Harry Harvester
introduces the reader to the five food groups with the help of his
friends—Alfie Apple, Carly Carrot, Charlie Cheese, Wally Wheat, Sammy Salmon
and Tommy Takeaway. In the course of the story, the reader learns about the
five different food groups, food sources, what nutrients are and how they
benefit health.
Graeme Compton’s
graphics enhance
A fun but firmly
factual forayInto the five food types we need each day.
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