He had thought he enjoyed eating them when he had realized he had helped his grandpa prepare the fruit rather than eating them. However, when Oliver’s grandparents visit his house, Oliver with the help of all of the adults make a fruit salad. Oliver, star of Oliver's Vegetables, is back from his healthy week eating vegetables at his grandpa's house. We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child. I liked the story about Oliver and his parents and grandparents, and especially appreciated the humor, and I liked the cat.

These could be laminated and used when actually making the salad, or for classroom displays and discussion afterwards. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. This set of books are fantastic - especially the bright and cheerful illustrations and the overall visual effect of the book.

I suspect most kids will see that, but some kids may think the book makes fruit look more palatable. She has had plays performed both in London and throughout Scotland; her audiences include young adults as well as children. The boy brought it home from school to practice his English - and it's nice for that since they just learned about food etc. Encouraging children to prepare their own simple treats, the book breaks the big topic of healthy eating into appetising, bite-sized chunks.

it's a book that makes you want to read it before you begin and glad you did read it once you finish. The fruit and fruit colours all seem to mingle together with the characters through the illustrations. All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you!This video link is provided to help an adult assess the book's suitability for a child's situation before purchasing it. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF.

Throughout the activity, children were given the opportunity to use their senses that include taste, smell, sight and touch as well as allowing them to extend their language, explore, discover and an attempt at guessing. Of course at age 8 he's actually too old for this, but since he's just learning English at school, it's just the perfect difficulty level for him to actually understand what's happening without having to ask me about every other word. From observations of this story being read to school Nursery children during the topic of ‘Colours’, they were becoming rather bored and after a while, they were not fully focused as they could be.I did enjoy reading this story but I think for the age I believe it is suitable for, it is far too long so therefore I rate it 3*. As a teacher of Y1 they proved to be a great resource for story writing, poetry writing, art work,maths (weighing vegetables, graphs), healthy eating and living and growing topics. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Vivian teaches part time at Edinburgh College of Art, and is one of the two founding members of the PictureHooks programme supporting Scottish illustrators. Oliver, star of Oliver’s Vegetables, is back from his healthy week eating vegetables at his grandpa’s house.