What's for Lunch?: An Expert-Vetted Science Book About How Healthy Food Works for Your Body for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

Read and find out about the different kinds of food we eat and how to fill up your plate to keep your body healthy in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book, a perfect introduction to healthy eating.

What’s for lunch? Your body needs lots of different things to eat, and every kind of food has a different job to do. Did you know drinking milk makes your bones strong? Or that eating carrots helps you see better?

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It includes a find-out-more section with simple guides to learn about food groups and everyday healthy eating. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. Carolyn Johnson, PhD, FAAHB, NCC, LPA, and Keelia O’Malley, MPH.

This is a Level 1 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

• hands-on and visual
• acclaimed and trusted
• great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

• Entertain and educate at the same time
• Have appealing, child-centered topics
• Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
• Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
• Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
• Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
• Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
• Meet national science education standards
• Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field
• Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids’ scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Sarah L. Thomson is the author of Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American Flag, a Nebraska Golden Sower Award finalist; all the Wildlife Conservation Society I Can Read Books, including Amazing Tigers!, winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award; and What Lincoln Said, written with "admirable simplicity" (ALA Booklist). Sarah lives in Portland, Maine.