Tales for Very Picky Eaters

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My youngest happens to be a very picky eater, so we thought this book might enlighten us. Josh Schneider does a great job of feeding into their imaginations. James the little boy in the book , doesn't like certain foods. The first chapter is about broccoli. James' dad gives him other options which feed into the imagination This book is so creative! It's a growing oatmeal that never stops growing.

This book is very imaginative. He also has some other great books out there If you have a picky eater, this is a great book for you. I have a 5 year old grandson who is a picky eater. I don't think this book will change his eating habits, but it made him laugh and think. This book is best read aloud by someone that can be as facetious as the Dad. My kids got it and the next day were able to discuss the troll that makes the smelly lasagna who used to work at the rat circus.

This will make for many a great read. My 7-year-old daughter is a picky eater, so I got this book for her hoping it would help her laugh at how silly pickiness is at times.

I am a semi-picky eater myself, so I do understand that not everyone likes every food, but the father in this book came up with some really fun and creative ways to show his son what being picky can be like. Quite an enjoyable read and the pictures really help tell the story, too.

My six year old enjoys this book. But, it did nothing to inspire him to become more adventurous with food. Nice read, nice illustrations. My five year old granddaugher eats pasta with butter and butter with pasta. This book made her laugh and gives her some ideas about expanding her horizons.

Library Binding Verified Purchase. It doesn't help him eat any more food but we use the jokes in the book for more fun. One person found this helpful. See all 30 reviews. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Our favorite toys for everyone on your list.

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It's a funny book, and the illustrations complement the narrative nicely. We enjoyed reading this story together. Jan 29, Amber Goebel rated it liked it Shelves: It is a very funny, cute story of a little boy who doesn't want to eat what is given to him at mealtime, so his clever dad comes up with silly stories to inspire him to eat the food! This book will make children laugh out loud Nov 03, Olivia Desenberg rated it it was amazing.

Tales for Very Picky Eaters Author: Early Reader Theme s: Brief Book Summary sentences in your own words: This book follows a young boy, James, and his quests in trying food Title italicize: This book follows a young boy, James, and his quests in trying foods that he finds disgusting.

His clever Dad comes up with creative ways to get his son to try the foods that he never liked. Hazel Rochman Booklist http: The mixed-media cartoon illustrations extend the humor and drama in scenes of James, who is furious as Dad offers wry alternatives to the food James refuses: We have this very sweaty sock, soaked in sweat sweated by the world s fastest and tastiest runner.

As the stories progress, Dad s fantasies get wilder: In the climax, Dad s stories finally convince James to eat, and in the closing scene, he smiles at his empty plate. Eager and picky eaters alike will enjoy the wordplay and outrageous situations, which create humor from a familiar source of family tension.

When young James declares that broccoli is disgusting, Dad spins yarns about far more disgusting options; when James refuses lasagna, Dad warns him about the ire of the spurned troll chef; and so on until James finally creates a slew of his own outlandish scenarios, only to have his father tell him he should try eggs simply because you might like them. There s not really any plot to any of the five stories, just the initial refusal followed by Dad s creative means of persuading James to give it a go, which gets a bit repetitive.

There is a fair dose of gross appeal, however, and while Dad s alternative descriptions are a mixed bag some are funny, some kind of lame , there is inherent humor in his witty efforts to win the table wars. Schneider s mixed-media compositions offer plenty of visual clues for early chapter-book readers. The imagined scenarios, depicting everything from a troll covered in gnawing rats to a lump of oatmeal that has come to life, are more successful than the moments of realism, which tend to be stiff and somewhat lifeless.

While this may get some action as a readaloud, it is far more geared towards reluctant readers with a penchant for the disgusting. Ad -- Additional book of acceptable quality for collections needing more material in the area. I agree with both of the reviews for this book.

I think this book is a great early reader book for picky eater children. It plays with fantasy and children will love the back stories to the food they may see on their plate. The outrageous scenes in the story make it super fun and interesting to children. This is a great transition for children from picture books to more chapter-like books. Evaluation of Literary Elements sentences in your own words: One of the main things that stuck out to me when looking at this book was the enticing illustrations.

Like Molly Bang mentions in Picture This! Some pages have more distracting images, but overall the illustrations do not take away from the story, but add to the meaning. The stories grow with more and more outrageous plots which I think children will find hilarious. The language and types of text are very diverse. The book has a lot of dialogue and parts where the main character is alone. I think this book is great for children to get into reading and a way for them to find reading interesting.

Consideration of Instructional Application sentences in your own words: This book would be a great way for children to transition to chapter books. Since the book is focused on food and recipes, you could introduce how to write recipes and fractions. Also, you could introduce creative writing with this book. The book has fantasy aspects that the teacher could expand on.

Additionally, I think this book would be best for independent reading or small group reading. Oct 21, Ali rated it it was amazing Shelves: With eat food, the father comes up with a new scenario like growing oatmeal for each food James refuses to try. James' father tells him, "But if we stop eating oatmeal, it will still grow a bowl a day. Before you know it, the oatmeal will outgrow the bowl. Even from the title and end pages, this book had me hooked! The cover is exciting, with an interesting illustration of the growing oatmeal and a cool font for the title.

Then, just inside the front cover, there is a quiz that the reader can take to find out if they are a picky eater. I love how this engages the reader from the very start of the book, before even beginning to read. The illustrations complement the story perfectly and highlight on the outlandish suggestions that James' father makes regarding his food. The use of white space allows for a focus on the food and the characters in the story as well. I think this book would be great for children.

I think many adults and children can relate to this book since we all know a picky eater or even are one ourselves. Not to mention, it could urge kids to try new foods since James did. I think that children would really enjoy hearing all of the crazy things the father comes up with as well. This story would be great for children first through fourth grade, as an individual reading or a read-aloud. Since it is broken into four short chapters and uses simple language, it could be a great book for a child who is starting to dive into more lengthy stories and chapter books.

Mar 23, Kayla rated it really liked it Shelves: I love books for picky eaters because I myself am one. I don't think this book would've worked on me as a child, but it is pretty funny and worth a shot. It would be a good read aloud with kindergarten-1st or a book for readers who enjoy reading about gross things, starting in 3rd-4th grade. The book consists of five mini stories disgusting broccoli, smelly lasagna, repulsive milk, lumpy oatmeal, and slimy eggs which all follow the pattern of James first not wanting what his dad made, and then I love books for picky eaters because I myself am one.

The book consists of five mini stories disgusting broccoli, smelly lasagna, repulsive milk, lumpy oatmeal, and slimy eggs which all follow the pattern of James first not wanting what his dad made, and then his dad lists other options that James could eat instead, or reasons and silly stories why James needs to eat the food, and James decides that the food his dad made is much better than the other options and eats it. It's disgusting broccoli versus chewed up gum, sweaty socks, or worms.

He can eat the lumpy oatmeal or have that very same oatmeal grow so big and eat his dog. James dad is creative and fun and you can see a good relationship with them. It also shows an interesting dynamic with James' dad doing the cooking and getting him to eat where traditionally it may be a mom doing this.

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The illustrations in this book make it less intimidating to beginning readers and also help to accent how gross the other options James have are much worse than just tasting the food on his plate. I think this is a good book, I marked it down one star because it's good not great.

It's very repetitive and the children know exactly what will happen, which will sometimes cause attention to slack off. Aug 18, Chelsea Waters rated it really liked it Shelves: This text tells the story of a young boy, James, who is a very picky eater. In the first chapter, James believes that broccoli is disgusting. His father then begins to offer him dirt instead. James does not want the dirt, so his father offers him already chewed bubble gum or socks that have been worn by the tastiest runner.

James then changes his mind and eats the broccoli. Chapter two is the tale of the smelly lasagna made by the troll who lives in the basement. James's pare Geisel Award Summary: James's parents tell him if he does not eat the dinner, then the troll will have to go back to work in the rat circus.

The text continues to tell the tale of the lumpy oatmeal and slimy eggs. Creative stories were told to James by his parents when he would not eat the food that was provided for him.

Tales For Very Picky Eaters

From a troll that used to work in a rat circus to eating socks from the tastiest runner, the parents would say anything to make him eat. In order to connect this with the classroom, I would have the students right their own story that they would tell to their children or friend. The students would have to use creative vocabulary and would be encouraged to use as many adjectives as possible.

Oct 24, Kiersten Anger rated it really liked it Shelves: There is so much to enjoy about these tales, even adults will being able to giggle. Each tale has a different lesson for children to remember about food: I believe this book would be good for grades 1st-3rd.

The style in which the book is read is more like a novel with pictures, than a typical story-picture book. It makes for an There is so much to enjoy about these tales, even adults will being able to giggle. It makes for an easy-read because of how quickly the stories move and simple vocabulary. The illustrations were underwhelming, but humorous. Appropriate for the book which relied more on the words than the pictures. There are illustrations on every page but for most of the book the background color is white and the illustrations and words sit flatly on top of the white.

Though, the funnier scenes earn two pages. Mar 20, Grace Vezina rated it really liked it Shelves: Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider is a funny, beginning chapter reader for grade students. I was a picky eater myself, and remember my dad doing some of the same funny things to me like convincing me that fish was chicken and calamari were round french fries.

There are also some challenging vocabulary words that go perfectly with the story line. This would be a great book for early readers who are picky eaters or to read together as a family. Nov 11, Ellie VanLahr rated it it was amazing Shelves: James is an incredibly picky eater and this leads his dad to come up with cooky and weird ways to get James to eat the foods he doesn't think he likes.

He gives him gross alternatives and creates elaborate scenarios in hopes that it will get James to eat his food. James comes to the decision on his own that he needs to start being more adventurous with his food choices and stop writing foods off without tryin "Tales for Very Picky Eaters" is great for any picky eater out there, including myself. James comes to the decision on his own that he needs to start being more adventurous with his food choices and stop writing foods off without trying them.

This would be a great book to read to a child who isn't eating everything on their plate. They can watch James try new foods and maybe be motivated to try something new at dinner. Feb 27, Matthew rated it really liked it. I read this with first graders today, and I think at times I was more amused than they were.

Of course, all of that changed once I revealed to them that the father was tricking the child into eating things that he found unappetizing. Perhaps my audience was just a little too trusting to believe that a parent would trick a child into doing anything, which probably makes life easier on their parents, but this book is meant for the perceptive young reader, who reads and then reflects deeply enough I read this with first graders today, and I think at times I was more amused than they were. Perhaps my audience was just a little too trusting to believe that a parent would trick a child into doing anything, which probably makes life easier on their parents, but this book is meant for the perceptive young reader, who reads and then reflects deeply enough to say, "Hey!

I see what he did there! I enjoyed it, and with the right amount of explanation, my first grade audience did as well. Oct 16, Michael rated it did not like it Shelves: This book was a very disappointing let down. But the tales were such a let down. Also I felt that the types of food that were chosen were some very strange foods, I felt that did not go along with the book.

Overall I did not enjoy this book, and also the illustrations I felt were a let down in this book also. The next book will always be better! Dec 06, Michaela Walsh added it. This is a fun, lighthearted book about something every kid is familiar with, gross food your parents want you to eat.

This story takes eating yucky food to a whole new level with silly stories that try to convince the main character, James, to eat his food. Kirkus Kirkus Reviews, April 1, Vol. No way is James going to eat broccoli. Well then, James, says his father, let's consider the alternatives: James reconsiders the broccoli, but—milk? Right, says his father, who needs strong bones? You'll be great at hide-and-seek, though not so great at baseball and kickball and even tickling the dog's belly.

James takes a mouthful. So it goes through lumpy oatmeal, mushroom lasagna and slimy eggs, with James' father parrying his son's every picky thrust. And it is fun, because the father's retorts are so outlandish: Schneider's watercolors catch the mood of gentle ribbing, the looks of bewilderment and surrender and the deadpanned malarkey. It all makes James' father's last urging—"I was just going to say that you might like them if you tried them"—wholly fresh and unexpected advice.

Ages 5 to 9. Clarion Books New York: Sylvia Firth Children's Literature Many youngsters are picky eaters and their families often go through battles at mealtime. They and others who enjoy silly, outrageous humor are certain to enjoy this lively tale of James, his father and their differences over food. The story opens with James declaring that he will not eat broccoli because [i]t s disgusting. In its place, his dad suggests dirt blended with earthworms or gum that has already been chewed by many children or a sock that is thoroughly saturated with sweat.

Of course, James ends up eating the broccoli. Next, James refuses mushroom lasagna, since [i]t smells funny. His father launches into a rollicking story about a troll who lives in the cellar and was brought in just to cook the lasagna. If James does not eat it, the troll will have to be fired and go back to his old position in the rat circus, where he will be bitten again and again by the rats.

So, James eats the lasagna. When James announces that [m]ilk is repulsive, his father recites all the problems brought on by having soft bones because of not drinking milk.

Dad then convinces James that by not eating his lumpy oatmeal, the house will be overrun by the hungry, fast-growing oatmeal that will eat everything in sight, especially ice cream and cake. It might even eat the dog. In the last chapter, James does not want to eat slimy eggs. Before his dad can say anything, James begins a tall tale about multiplying eggs and hatching chickens, or eggs that turn out to be dinosaurs that the troll must smash or be sent back to the rat circus. Calmly, his father says, You might like them if you tried them, and of course James enjoys them.

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