The Healthy Body Cookbook: Over 50 Fun Activities and Delicious Recipes for Kids [Paperback]

Joan D'Amico (Author), Karen E. Drummond (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Learning about health and science has never been so fun --and delicious!

What does a heartbeat sound like? How strong is my hair? Why do my eyes blink? What's in a sports drink? With more than 50 safe and easy recipes and activities to try, you'll discover the nutritious answers to these and tons of other scrumptious mysteries. And best of all, you get to eat the results when you're finished! You'll make carbohydrate-packed Blueberry Power-Snack Turnovers, protein-boosting Crunchy Chicken Fingers, calcium-rich Creamy, Dreamy Yogurt Orange-Banana Frozen Pops, and much more.

The Healthy Body Cookbook is a delightfully clever smorgasbord of hands-on lessons about the crucial role that diet and exercise play in the development of heart, blood, bones, muscles, skin, teeth, and the nervous and digestive systems. All activities are kid-tested and require only common ingredients and kitchen utensils. There's also a helpful list of safety rules, an explanation of tools and skills, and nutritional values for each recipe.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6?This book of 56 healthy recipes is arranged according to parts of the human body they benefit: heart, blood, muscles, bones, teeth, skin, hair, nails, nerves, and digestive system. For each one, there is a description, an activity or experiment, and some recipes. The clearly described activities and information provide a structure for the book; however, the main focus is nutrition and healthy cooking. In addition to the standard cooking skills and safety rules, there are three helpful appendixes: "Nutrient Content of Recipes," "How to Read a Food Label," and "What's Safe to Eat." Later chapters include information on the food guide pyramid, exercise, weight control, and proper eating habits. The line drawings are helpful and the writing is informal but straightforward. The recipes are clear, thoroughly explained, and tasty; level of difficulty is indicated by number of chef's hats. Important information related in an encouraging way.?Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Scientific American

There are many great cookbooks written for kids, but each chapter of this one has three special ingredients. First, each examines a body part or a topic of importance for maintaining good health. Second, the chapters also include science activities that explore those topics or body parts. Third, each then provides several nutritional recipes meant to boost the function or body part covered in the chapter. For example, Chapter 7 discusses the nervous system. An experiment in the chapter investigates the blinking reflex, and the recipes are high in B vitamins, which help nerves do their job. Topics covered elsewhere in the book include blood, bones and a healthy body weight. The directions for nutritious and tasty treats are well laid out, and there is a list of tools each recipe requires. Recipes are even rated for how much previous cooking experience is recommended. The total package makes this a great choice for anyone interested in snack science.

Joan Silberlicht Epstein

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 7, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471188883
• ISBN-13: 978-0471188889
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #45 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Health > Diet & Nutrition

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthy Body Cookbook, May 20, 2000

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Cindy Jacobson (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healthy Body Cookbook: Over 50 Fun Activities and Delicious Recipes for Kids (Paperback)

This book contains great ideas that are also tasty. My picky eaters enjoyed the Breakfast No-Bake granola bars, the Awesome Banana Berry Pancakes and the Creamy, Dreamy Yogurt Orange-Banana Frozen pops. We are excited to try many of the other great recipe ideas. The recipes in here are easy to follow, and taste great!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome book!!!, September 12, 2005

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Jessi T. Koontz "damselfly" (marshall, nc) - See all my reviews
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this book is wonderful!!! i have a five year-old who loves helping in the kitchen and a two year-old (and a husband) who are both realatively picky eaters and this book pleases all. the recipes are completely healthy, which i love...and delicious to boot!! each is rated east, medium, or difficult (kid-wise), which is very helpful. the chapters are divided by the part or the body/body function that is most applicable. each chapter includes simple science experiments to bring another angle to this books education value. i have more than a dozen cook books, and this is the one i keep coming back too. i love it so much i am getting copies for my nieces and nephews for christmas!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good information but the recipes could be better, June 23, 2008

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Dana M. Gildersleeve "Dana Gildersleeve" (NW Indiana) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book for my daughter who already has cooking experience. I liked the idea that it talked about various health issues and then provided an activity and recipes relating to the topic. I had high hopes for this book but it fell a little flat. Often, there is not a clear connection made between the topic and the recipes. Also, we have had terrible luck with the recipes. I think they could work but they need to be experimented with. This is not something I think you should have to do when the book is geared towards children. I want my daughter to be able to follow the recipe and get the desired results. This has not been possible with the recipes in this book.