Yum, yum, yum, Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert and Everyone Eats by Julia Kuo are two books that are packed with delectable illustrations of good things to eat. In Everyone Eats, I especially like how children are shown where foods come from and how they can be used. For instance (in the illustrations below), we see that berries can be used in muffins, nuts can be used to make almond butter, lettuce can be used to make a salad, and so forth. And while many children enjoy a

Edible Colors has been a big hit with our toddler. He loves flipping through the bright photographs of fruits and vegetables, and laughs at words like zucchini, Graffiti cauliflower, and Buddha's hand citron. One thing I particularly like about Edible Colors is the variety of fruits and veggies, as well as the color variations of, for example, a cucumber. I generally always think of cucumbers as green, but they can also be yellow. Every other page highlights a particular frui