The Grain Group

Simple text and photographs present the foods that are part of the grain group and their nutritional importance.

K-Gr 2-Small, very simple series titles. Each book (except Drinking Water) begins with a colorful drawing of and comments on the food-guide pyramid. A full-color, full-page photograph on the left side reinforces the one-to-two line text on the right. The texts employ repetitive vocabulary appropriate for beginning readers. In Fruit Group, for example, fruit is defined and examples are given: "Apples are in the fruit group." Turn the page: "Bananas are in the fruit group," etc. Children depicted in the photographs represent a range of ethnic backgrounds. The nutrition information in these books is rudimentary, but it can give early readers an understanding of the importance of eating properly.-Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.