My Very First Book of Food

My Very First Book

by Eric Carle

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Genres: Picture Books, Food, Childrens, Animals, Kids

20 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.

Reviews

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of several "my very first book of" written and illustrated by Carle, where you need to match up the two sides.
This one is matching food with the animal.
The match is largely based on stereotypes and not on reality.
Ok but not one of Carle's finer moments.
Eric Carle 24/80

[Sarah Brooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really look at it when my daughter grabbed this board book, but it's a matching game, and my daughter isn't even two yet. I had issues trying to figure out what animal matched what food at first, one in particular isn't as obvious as it should be.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my favorite because of the format. I don’t love the flap design.

[Andrés · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very inventive concept of matching food flaps with animal flaps.

[Canette Arille · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is made in the same style as My very first book of shapes. But here are presented the types of food. The book is divided into four pages

[Sophie Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really a story but more of an interactive book for children. This would be something my child would like as they get a bit older and not a board book I could read to my baby.

[Emerson and Theodore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typical Carle. Great drawings in the Eric Carle style. This book is a board book with horizontally split pages so that the food is on the bottom and the animal who eats that food is on the bottom. The child is supposed to match them which provides an extra level of use for this book. Too advanced for Emerson now. But he can identify the animals and the foods. Neat feature that expands the reading value of this book.

[jacky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Generally, I love Eric Carle, but not this one. What bugged me about it is that it is boasted as a "first" book of food. Well, the matching game in this book is not something that a child just starting to play with books and identify types of foods can do. Natalie had no interest in this book.

[Molly Gore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun for kids to flip through and match animals with food. However, some of the foods are a bit stereotypical and a few of the animals could actually eat the same thing. However, I realize that is not the point.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun to match an animal with a food he likes to eat. Cute illustrations.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little confusing. Definitely not a "first" book. This is much more advanced- it requires matching an animal with its favorite food.

[Angela Randall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great food-animal matching book for toddlers.

[Cheyenne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a book better suited to older children who would understand that certain animals eat certain foods.

[Sam W · Rating 2 out of 5]

The reader/child should match the correct bottom food with the right animal, top half, that eats it.

[Shelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple and for matching food with animals. Introduces which animals eat what.

[Jessica Thurlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a fu flip the flap book! Our daughter had such a great time making different combinations and discussing the sounds each animal makes.