“The ABC’s Of Fruits And Vegetables And Beyond” by Steve Charney and David Goldbeck is full of information. The authors take you through the letters highlighting one fruit or vegetable for each letter. The text is rhyming, mostly and passable. My son liked this and it was a good book to help teach about fruits and vegetables but unlike really amazing alphabet books it’s not a book you will be picking up time and time again just because. However not only is this an alphabet book but after the authors go through the letters A_Z there are 2 pages for each letter further explaining the fruits and vegetables highlighted, with information about geography, recipes, further reading and more.

” Eating the Alphabet” by Lois Ehlert is an alphabet book extraordinaire! Wonderful paintings of fruits and vegetables seem ultra simple and it is but somehow the way the author has pieced this simple book together is brilliant. Maybe it’s that children learn about food at the table multiple times a day and feel proud being able to identify not only some of the letters but some of the pictures too! From a teaching standpoint I love that there are both upper and lower case letters on each page! This book will grow with your child, and beware it will also make you
hungry!

“One Watermelon Seed” by Celia Barker Lottridge is a counting book that takes the basic 1, 2, 3 to the next level. The book follows a brother and sister as they plant their seeds 1-10. After the watermelon, pumpkins, tomatoes and more are fully grown they count their bounty! This time counting is done by 10s ! Of course my son’s favorite part wasn’t the counting instead he noticed the different bugs and garden critters on each page. I liked the end of the book where there was a page devoted to allowing the reader to see what the outside and inside of these fruits and vegetables looks like.