Can I Eat That? - Hardcover

Stein, Joshua David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714871400 ISBN 13: 9780714871400

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2016

Synopsis

A whimsical–yet factual–series of questions and answers about the things we eat... and don't eat!

Food critic Joshua David Stein whets the appetite of young readers with a wondrous and informative approach to talking about food. This humorous, stylized and entirely unexpected set of food facts will engage both good eaters and resisters alike. With questions both practical ("Can you eat a sea urchin?") and playful ("Do eggs grow on eggplants?"), this read-aloud text offers young children facts to share and the subtle encouragement to taste something new! Food and textile illustrator Julia Rothman brings an authenticity to the text that Stein has written from the heart, for his own three year-old and for pre-schoolers everywhere.

Created for ages 3-5 years

About this title

About the Author

Joshua David Stein frequently contributes to New York Magazine, The New York Times and the Sunday Times, and he is a restaurant critic at the New York Observer. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons. This is his first children's book.

Julia Rothman creates illustrations and pattern designs for newspapers, magazines, wallpaper, dishware, bedding, billboards, and posters. She has authored and illustrated seven books, though this is her first children's picture book. She lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

K-Gr 2—A colorful look at different types of foods, presented with humor and a light-hearted touch. Stein playfully asks, "What about 'a potato…a tomato…[or] a tornado?' You can't eat a tornado, but you can eat tonnato sauce from Italy, tournedos from France, or tostadas from Mexico." The text is simple but lively, often making use of puns. Rothman's illustrations, created in ink and gouache, solidify this title as an excellent offering for a nonfiction storytime. The text, illustration, and design all interact—an illustration of a round piece of food on a green background is accompanied by text that asks if it could be a faraway donut or a close-up Cheerio. The whimsical and incongruous concepts presented in the text will keep the little ones giggling. VERDICT An enjoyable addition suitable for discussions on food or for some added fun at storytime.—Roxanne Burg, Orange County Public Library, CA

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714871400
• ISBN 13: 9780714871400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40