Children's Books About
Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Culled from three sources

These children's books about nutrition and healthy eating were recommended on more than one highly regarded list.

Appearing on 3 bibliotherapy booklists

• What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr

Appearing on 2 bibliotherapy booklists

• Dinosaurs Alive & Well by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
• The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy
• Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
• Grandpa's Garden Lunch by Judith Caseley
• This Is The Way We Eat Our Lunch by Edith Baer and Steve Björkman

Children's books about healthy eating habits are a way to speak to a world in which the eating habits of many children (and adults) have become diseased.

Unfortunately, I was able to find only two lists - from reputable, unbiased sources - of recommended books on the subject. By finding the books that were common to both lists, I hoped to determine the best of the best.

The books may be fiction or non-fiction, picture books or mostly text. For that reason, you'll want to find out more about them to determine which is right for a particular situation.

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Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help children understand and heal.

For more children's books about healthy eating and nutrition, you can view the complete lists the above books were drawn from.

• Books with Positive Nutrition Messages for Kids
• Children's Books about Nutrition from The School Nutrition Association
• nancykeane.com Books on a Nutrition Theme

Amazon search results for children's books about nutrition.

I take a special interest in this subject because my wife is a Registered Dietitian. Her site has more information on the subject.

The bibliotherapy page contains more booklists.

Best Children's Books - Find, Read or Write home page.