"Color photos and simple text describe the MyPlate plan for healthy eating"--

Whether perusing a recipe or learning what a literary character eats, readers approach a text differently when reading about food. Read My Plate: The Literature of Food explores what narrators and characters (in fiction, in performance, and in the popular genre of the “food memoir”) cook and eat. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, the inmates of the Terezin concentration camp, performance artist Karen Finley, novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, and the celebrated chef-turned-travel-journalist Anthony Bourdain are just a few examples of the writers whose works are discussed. Close readings of the literal and figurative “plates” in these texts allow a unique form of intimate access to the speakers’ feelings and memories and helps readers to understand more about how the dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and social class affect what the narrators/characters eat, from tourtière to collard greens to a school lunch bento box.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Eating a balanced diet is important. Healthy foods give you energy to learn and play. Do you know what the five food groups are? Or how much food from each group you need to stay healthy? Read this book to find out! Using the MyPlate diagram, this helpful book introduces the five food groups, appropriate serving sizes, and how to eat a balanced and nutritious diet. What's on My Plate? will motivate kids to eat well and also includes a hands-on activity and a fun facts section.

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and present healthy vegetable options for children.

This new book from Cherry Lake Publishing, highlights Fruit, one of the food groups contained in the new dietary guidelines for Americans launched in January 2011 by the FDA. This leveled reader helps the young child understand the importance of fruit as a part of a balanced diet.

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and presents healthy snack options for children.

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and present healthy fruit options for children.

Simple text and photographs present the foods that are part of the MyPlate balanced diet and their nutritional importance.

Make healthy eating and a diet rich in fruit and vegetables fun, engaging and magical for children by putting a rainbow on their plate! Enjoy this adventure in healthy eating with Rainbow Plate!

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and present healthy protein options for children.