The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day

by Loreen Leedy

Book Overview

The head waiter--a French cat in tails--the Edible Pyramid restaurant, explains the dishes to his customers, a menagerie of other animals in equally formal attire. Each segment of the pyramid is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823420752
• ISBN13: 9780823420759
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.2" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The Edible Pyramid has been updated!

Please forgive me for the 5 star review since I'm the author and illustrator of this book, but I am very enthusiastic about it. It has been revised to reflect the USDA's new MyPyramid program which is designed to educate children about their food choices and encourage them to be active every day. I combined four of the original Grains pages into one spread to allow room for a new 2-page spread about exercise. In regards to a very negative review below, people in cultures all over the world have included foods from the various food groups in their diets and have enjoyed good health. It is important for children to become familiar with a wide variety of food choices and to understand what is a vegetable, what is a fruit, what is a grain, and so on. Happy eating and reading! Loreen Leedy

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!!!