Before We Eat: From Farm to Table - Hardcover

Brisson, Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884483525 ISBN 13: 9780884483526

Publisher: Tilbury House Pub, 2014

Synopsis

Before we eat, many people must work very hard—planting grain, catching fish, tending animals, and filling crates. In this book, vibrantly illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Mary Azarian, readers find out what must happen before food can get to our table to nourish our bodies and spirits. Fountas & Pinnell Level L

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Review

With beguiling illustrations and a lovely spare text, this book will inspire conversations with young children about the origins of their food and start them on the path to being careful stewards of the environment.--Anne K. Fishel, Ph.D., Co-founder, The Family Dinner Project, Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School

A simple poem thanking the people who grow, transport, sell and prepare our food is transformed by Azarian's bright woodcuts... A warm celebration of both small farms and the idea that it takes a village to feed a child. (Picture book. 2-6)

Cultivating an attitude of gratitude as a healthy thing to do. In recent years much has been published about the numerous benefits of being grateful. The webmd.com article on gratefulness says that gratitude reduces stress and boosts the immune system, both of which improve quality of life all the way around. ...The book is a thoughtful examination of where food comes from-- that is before is gets to the grocery store. ...Pages show people engaged in every manner of food production: plowing, planting, harvesting, milking, egg gathering, packing and weighing crates, driving delivery trucks and cashiering at the grocery store. It is a wonderfully inclusive and honest way to view food acquisition.--Jennifer Prince

About the Author

Pat Brisson is the author of 20 books for young readers, including The Summer My Father Was Ten and Sometimes We Were Brave (both from Boyds Mills Press). A graduate of Rutgers University, she is a former elementary school teacher, school librarian, and public-library reference librarian. Pat lives in New Jersey with her husband.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tilbury House Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884483525
• ISBN 13: 9780884483526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Azarian Mary
• Number of pages: 32