These authors have written other books, involving other fruit and vegetable. Most of the titles have moods in the title, such as "Happy Pees", and "Silly Kiwi". Most of their books are about the emotions humans may have throughout their life, in a little picture book displayed through food.
I chose this book because it displays so many emotions about being happy or sad, timid or out going, and even angry. This book connects to me because while watching my nephew and godson grow up I am learning about their emotions. Ethan (my nephew) is so emotions, and shy, only outgoing with his family members that he feels comfortable around but not in public. This book is good to read to children to identify emotions, what they are, and reactions that happen through emotions. The pictures help identify emotions through the funny faces in the food.
Setting: The story is just different situations, being happy or sad, social or timid. It is not taken in a particular place, but different situation in unknown places.
There is no main character, it is different situations throughout the book, with different vegetables and fruit. "Happy?Sad?", and then they will show a food with a face showing that emotion.
There is no conflict or plot, it is more of a casual book that does not have a story line, but definitions of emotions and pictures showing them.
I like this book because it really shows through the pictures the meaning of each emotion, what reactions most people have on their face with each emotion.
I would recommend this book between the grades Kindergarten thru 2nd grade. I choose these grades because I think that during this time children are learning about emotions and realizing what each emotions means. This book helps explain and show the motions with easy read and pictures that are obvious and funny.
