Board Books: Cutie Pie and Don't Touch, It's Hot

By JULIETTE ROSSANT It is never to early to read a book to a baby or to start them on the road to eating well. Good food books for babies and toddlers touch on all their senses and get them excited about food. Super Chef took a look at two new cardboard books for babies: Don't Touch, It's Hot (A Golden Book 2007) by David Algrim and illustrated by Holli Conger is one of those scratch, touch, sniff books that are even fun for older children. The collages show grown-ups cooking food that is hot, children blowing their food to cool it down and then close ups of the food that is ready to eat. The waffle is bumpy, the spaghetti is a string and the cookie smells quite chocolatey. There is a great picture of a man barbecuing corn with a pig and barn behind. The book teaches an important lesson (blow your food before you eat it) and has plenty of color, texture and background to excite a child. Cutie Pie (A Golden Book 2007) by Matthew J. Kempler and illustrated by Dubrovka Kolanovic is all about how grown-ups use food to describe babies. You're the apple of my eye Are you an apple pie? No, sweetie! You're not an apple pie. Each fruit has a flap page to turn. A child is inside a pumpkin or a peach, and then is shown in a basket of peaches or a pumpkin costume. The best part is the mirror inside the final flap. It allows a child to put their own face inside the book, and be a cutie pie. Previous articles: [Kids' Cookbooks - complete] Technorati Tags: superchefblog, Juliette Rossant, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine, blogging, food blogging, kids, children, cookbook reviews --> back to Super Chef