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5 Children’s Books That Help Toddlers Fall in Love With Vegetables
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I’m a sucker for a children’s book with a health promotional message. So, when I came accross these books, I knew I had to add them to our ever-growing collection of stories that encourage a positive attitude towards including vegetables in our diet!
Reading picture books about vegetables is a clever and subtle way to expose our kids to healthy foods & habits that will hopefully last a lifetime! Check out some of our favourites below 👇
Broccoli Tree's? Yes PLEASE!
Written by Melissa Kent| Illustrated by Tara Johnson
By using play and imaginative games, this book manages to make my son smile and laugh about celery, spinach, cauliflower and carrot. I kid you not – days after reading this book we had dumplings with a spinach salad. My 3yo ate all the spinach without batting an eyelid. Thanks Melissa Kent!
The Dinner Plate Pals Book Collection
Written & Illustrated by Nutritionist – Lisa Baker
Bocci the Brave, Dr Red Pepper & The Wild Rice are the first of nutritionist Lisa Baker’s books released in her Dinner Plate Pals collection and I must say – I am a little obsessed with these books! The quirky illustrations & captivating storyline will – I’m sure – engage your little one & pique their interest in the type of foods put on their plate at mealtimes. Backed by her nutritionist degree – Lisa Baker dedicates each book to her featured food. In her words, these books are:
“Wildly imaginative, scientifically sound”.
Lisa features in The Indie Author Diaries where she shares her experience of publishing!
Rainbow Plate
Written by Dr Preeya Alexander | Illustrated by Annabel Cutler
Written by a Melbourne GP who has an important message for parents on the first page, this book is such a bright and bubbly story about RAINBOWS!.. and who doesn’t love a rainbow?!
*P.S – the rainbows in this story are all the fruit and veges – now we count how many rainbows are in each of our meals, too! It’s so cute when my son digs through his food to excitedly find, count and most importantly EAT the ‘rainbows’. Well done Doctor Preeya! 👏
Rainbow plate will help you create some magic in the kitchen and some rainbows on the plate! Make healthy eating and a diet rich in fruit and vegetables fun, engaging and magical for children!
How To Be Healthy
By The Wiggles!
How to Be Healthy is full of clever tips, engaging facts and lots of Wiggly fun to teach little learners the importance of looking after themselves. A particularly good book if you already have a wiggle-obsessed child. “Look at the wiggles eating their veggies, mate! Want to try some on your plate just like Anthony Wiggle is?”… Enough said, really…
What Does All My Food Do?
Written by Registered Nurse – Shell Steward| Illustrated by Claudia Fraser
What Does All My Food Do? is an educational, interactive and colourful children’s book that playfully introduces the concept that the foods we eat help our bodies to function – allowing children to keep doing what they love doing most – PLAY!
Written by a registered nurse, this book has become a new favourite in our house because every page ends with “…and then it comes out as POO!” 👏
Mabel's Magical Meal
Written by Krystal Wade| Illustrated by Matthew Wade
This story by Krystal Wade, follows Mabel as she explores the colours of the rainbow through a healthy meal of fruits and vegetables, encouraging young readers to make connections to their real world. Designed for children aged 2–6, this book promotes language development through simple rhyming sentences as well as healthy eating!
To learn more about the author Krystal Wade – check out her featured article on The Indie Author Diaries.
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Picture books that feature engaging stories about vegetables seem to be such an untapped & under-used resource when it comes to food exposure & encouraging a healthy diet in our kids.
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