Title: 5-a-Day the Color Way: Fruit and Vegetable Flashcards
Media: Flashcards
Audience: Educators, Children 1-7 yo
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: Though 5-a-Day has changed to Fruit and Veggies: More Matters, these colorful cards are too classic to become obsolete. Featuring pictures of a fruit or vegetable on the front and name and color group on the back, these are great for showing children the wide array of produce available.
Length: n/a
Number of Copies: 2
Classifications: Elementary School, Early Childhood, Nutrition Education, Children's Activities and Projects
Source: Produce for Better Health Foundation

2 Copies

A Place of Our Own provides parents and child care providers with information to help young children develop social, emotional and cognitive skills that children will need arriving in kindergarten. Topics include exercise, healthy eating, preventing obesity, sleep, diabetes, asthmas & more. Also includes 9 fun activities can do with children.

1 Copy

Title: A Trip to the Farm
Media: Video Tape with Discussion Guide
Audience: Children 5-9 y/o, Educators
Pub. Date: 1987
Description: This fun kid's video details a day at a dairy farm from breakfast to milking. The use of a milking machine will have your kids entranced with amazement! Narrated by a young boy, complete with a folk inspired soundtrack, the movement of milk from cow to grocer is shown. Baling hay, feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, and feeding the hogs are a few other attractions. Great video to show kids the dynamics of a small dairy farm.
Length: 14 minutes
Number of Copies: 5
Classifications: Other, Nutrition Education, Elementary School, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Early Childhood
Source: American Educational Products, Inc.

5 Copies

Title: Alexander and the Great Food Fight
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool - Grade 6
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: In Alexander and the Great Food Fight, Alexander's afternoon snacking choice becomes a heated argument between some feisty fruit about which is the best for Alexander's young, growing body. Children will love the many colorful characters, which include grumpy Mrs. Grape Cluster, the bossy Mr. Pineapple, and the very argumentative Mr. Orange. This delightful story, with its many bright and engaging illustrations, helps to make learning about good nutrition fun.
Time/length: 39 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Book, Cookbook, Early Childhood, Elementary, Food Analysis, Food Preparation and Presentation, Nutrition Education
Source: Heart to Heart Publishing

1 Copy

Title: American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool-Grade 6, Adults, Educators
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: Written with the full support of the American Dietetic Association, the American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids arms you with practical skills to make sure your kids are eating right even when they're not under your roof. Jodie Shield and Mary Catherine Mullen are mothers, as well as registered dietitians with more than twenty years of professional experience in childhood nutrition. Their five-star system offers hands-on advice on how to turn eating dilemmas into fun, nutritionally educational opportunities. Whether your child is a breakfast skipper, an unreasonable eater, a lunch trader, or even a snack-a-holic, you'll find fast, real-life solutions for transforming eating habits, including:
Banishing brown bag boredom; Secrets of successful family meals; Smart snacks for hungry kids; The top nutrition mistakes parents make; Fueling your grade-schooler for fitness; The principles of menu planning;
Breakfast basics for busy families; Teaching smart nutrition to your young athlete; Developing a gold-star feeding relationship with your child.
Time/length: 228 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Adult, Children's Activities and Projects, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Nutrition Education, Book
Source: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

1 Copy

Title:Breakfast Clubbies: Video and Activity Kit
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Activity Guide, and 5 Plush Toys
Audience: 3-7 y/o Children, Educator's, and Day Care Providers
Pub. Date: 1991
Description:Special guest Cathy Rigby promotes a fun, musical and educational tool to expose young children to healthy eating habits. This activity kit consists of four short videos, each approximately 6-11 minutes in length. This series of episodes focuses on the importance of eating breakfast,the importance of exercise, ways to make breakfast and different kinds of breakfast around the world. The videos consist of four children, five animate food characters, two adults and Cathy Rigby in a community center setting. The kit is appropriate for children ages 3-7. Children are exposed to postitive attitudes about health, basic skills (language, math, social) and other cultures. A Teacher's Guide including 40 fun activities accompanies the videos. Also, 5 plush toys of the "food groupies" are available to make the activities tangible.
Length: 4 - 6-11 minute videos, 57 page teacher's activity guide
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Nutrition Education, Children's Activities and Projects, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: Food Groupie, Inc.

1 Copy

Title: Eat, Play, and Be Healthy
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool-Grade 3, Adults, Educators
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: Parents are often bombarded with new information on children's nutrition, and as a result, the most important dietary considerations often get lost in the mix. Drawing on his forty years of clinical research, as well as the latest scientific findings, Dr. Walkers helps guide parents on healthy eating through the various stages of their children's lives, from infants to eight-year-olds.
Time/length: 254 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary, Adult, Food Analysis, Food Preparation and Presentation, Nutrition Education, Book
Source: McGraw-Hill

1 Copy

Title: Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z
Media: Paperback Children's Book
Audience: Parents, Infants through Kindergarten
Pub. Date: 1989
Description: The name tells it all. Eating the alphabet is a colorful, illustrated picture book that allows children to explore the world of fruits and vegetables while going through the alphabet. Parents also might find their horizons growing-ever heard of an ugli fruit or xigua? Just in case you find yourself stumped, a convenient synopsis of each fruit or vegetable in the book can be found at the end.
Length: 20 pages
Number of Copies: 4
Classifications: Nutrition Education, Early Childhood, Book
Source: Voyager Books

1 Copy

Title: Farmer's Market
Media: Book
Target Audience: Kindergarten to Grade 6
Pub. Date: 2001
Description: Where can you buy the freshest fruit, vegetables, and flowers from the people who grow them? Head to the Farmer's Market! The authors present a colorful, behind-the-scenes look at two families who run stalls at a Midwestern farmer's market. By following the families home to their farms and greenhouses, you'll see how everyone works together to grow the foods and flowers that fill the market throughout the spring, summer, and early fall.
Time/length: 48 pages
Number of Copies: 2
Classifications: Book, Culture and Nutrition, Early Childhood, Elementary, Food Preparation and Presentation, Nutrition Education
Source: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. /Minneapolis

2 Copies

Title: Feeding With Love and Good Sense (Whole Series)
Media: Video Tape
Audience: Mothers and Parents of Young Children
Pub. Date: 1989
Description: Advice on feeding children and breast feeding; what is normal eating; eating disorders; and helping your child eat the right foods. This video covers the entire series of videos by Ellyn Satter, including The Infant, The Older Baby, The Toddler, and The Preschooler. A analytical voice over for everyday eating situations will help parents become adept at navigating the challenges of feeding a child.
Length: 60 minutes
Number of Copies: 4
Classifications: Nutrition Education, Other, Adult, Early Childhood
Source: Bull Publishing

4 Copies