Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan
Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan
Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan
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Title TN Message Rating F/N<br />
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Young Women Who Won the World Championship<br />
Rappaport, Doreen and Lyndall Callan 5 2 F<br />
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000<br />
Told through the eyes <strong>of</strong> a young girl who loves baseball, this picture book describes in exciting detail the championship<br />
game <strong>of</strong> the 1946 All-American Girls Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Baseball League. Based on the memoirs and written accounts <strong>of</strong> the<br />
players and set within the context <strong>of</strong> a loving family, this story celebrates women who gave their all for baseball. Warm,<br />
appealing illustrations enhance the text. The book concludes with an Author’s Note and a page <strong>of</strong> statistics from the<br />
actual game in 1946.<br />
Dog Food<br />
Freymann, Saxton and Joost Elffers 2 3 N<br />
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2002<br />
Fruits and vegetables are carved and cleverly arranged to look like dogs performing a variety <strong>of</strong> actions. This book, with<br />
colorful, bold photographs and simple captions, is an amusing way to help children identify fruits and vegetables and<br />
may spark their own artistic creativity or interest in tasting new fruits and vegetables.<br />
Drinking Water<br />
Schuh, Mari 1 1 N<br />
Capstone Press, 2006<br />
This book is one in the Eating Healthy with MyPyramid series for children ages 4-7. These books teach the importance<br />
<strong>of</strong> healthy eating and physical activity while engaging children with full-color photos and easy to read text. This book<br />
clearly describes the benefits <strong>of</strong> drinking water and why drinking water is good for us. This book supports MyPyramid.<br />
Active Living for Families<br />
Dumpling Soup<br />
Rattigan, Jama Kim 1 2 F<br />
Little, Brown and Co., 1993<br />
Set in the Hawaiian Islands, this picture book presents a joyful look at the Yang family custom <strong>of</strong> making dumpling soup<br />
to celebrate the New Year. Seven-year-old Marisa gets to help make dumplings for the first time but is worried that hers<br />
don’t look like the others. Intergenerational love combines with traditions from several cultures to create a warm and<br />
caring story about accepting each others’ cultures, traditions, and foods.<br />
Eat Your Peas, Louise!<br />
Snow, Pegeen 2 2 F<br />
Children’s Press, 1985<br />
Will Louise ever eat her peas? In this Rookie Reader, beginning readers discover what finally gets Louise to eat her<br />
peas. A word list is provided. Children could use this simple book as a model for writing their own story about a food<br />
they have to be persuaded to try.<br />
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