Customer Reviews

How Are You Peeling?

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As the parent of an emotionally disturbed foster daughter, I know first hand how necessary it is for young children to understand their emotions, whether positive or negative, and find appropriate outlets to express those emotions.

This beautiful book is a wonderful way to expose young children to the concept of emotions, and to help a youngster know there is a difference between "sad" and "tired" and "lonely". While the book does not always explain what those emotions mean, it presents the emotions with appropriate expressions that children themselves have held on their own faces. Tracing the down-turned "lips" of a vegetable, my daughter will say, "she's sad like I am sometimes". Then we talk about ways to express sadness/anger/frustration or whatever emotion the vegetable/fruit appears to be exhibiting. In this way, I think the book is a useful therapeutic tool for troubled children.

It's great for "normal" kids, too. The book is fun, and full of life with bright, vibrant colors that make you want to smile. In addition, there is produce in here that most kids have never heard of, let alone seen. I believe that a picky child will be more willing to try a "new" food that she has at least heard of before and seen a picture of, than if she had never heard of them. That has to be a healthy thing!

And lastly, this book isn't just for kids. I think it's a beautiful art book for people of all ages. I enjoy looking at the photos and trying to imagine how the item grew in just that way. Freyman is clever and artistic, and this book is as good as the previous ones.

From the moment I opened this book I was in love. It is amazing how the artists transform ordinary fruits and vegetables into loveable and wildly different characters. The text is simple for a child to understand, and wonderfully written. If you're looking for a way to talk with your children about emotions, look no further. I read this book to my daughters preschool class and we loved it! I never thought a book could make me want to give an affectionate hug to a green pepper, but this one does! Buy it for every child you know. Heck, buy it for every adult you know too!

This is a really neat book, especially for early readers, or for pre-readers. Babies and kids love the The range of expression here out of a handful of vegetables is incredible. Its like seeing Jim Henson's Muppets for the first time. I'm going to have to buy one of these for myself--since I first checked it out of the Library last year, it has really become popular and now I have a hard time finding it! This is a simple idea beautifully rendered.

My friend and I picked up this book in our local bookstore and could not stop laughing for an hour straight. The photography of these fruits and vegetables is so innovative and bizarre. At the turn of each colorful page, one finds an even more hilarious set of fruit faces.

The two of us, both teenagers, sat in the children's section and made up a false story to go with the bone-tickling pictures for quite some time. I would give this book to anyone and everyone if I had enough money!

I love this book and bought it for my children, 3 years and 18 months old. They love the pictures, and who wouldn't? It gives meaning to the word clever and it's message is valuable as well (although I will say it doesn't leave any emotion out, including shouting and yelling, which for some parents may be a concern as they may see it as encouraging tantrums) The one and only thing I don't like about this book, and it sounds weird, but the construction of it is not very good. We had it for only 2 months and my daughter accidentally stepped on it and all but 3 of the pages came out. But, for someone who has older children or just simply wants to give it as a gift...it's adorable you must trust me that you will love it, I just don't recommend it for toddlers, if you do buy it for a toddler, I'd keep it in safe place, away from little hands.

This is the best -- and funniest -- picture book this year. It is utterly delightful. Only problem is... I'll never be able to cut into a lemon or an onion again without seeing these funny faces! I'm giving this book to everyone on my Christmas list this year, adults and kids alike.

It would be hard for any adult or child to look through this book without smiling - a lot! Not to mention, it's a great way to discuss feelings with a young child. A meaningful topic presented in a whimsical way. Order this for the child in your life and the child in you!

I've given this book to 3 people: one 3 years old, one 34, one 53. They all loved it, the 3-year-old so much that one of her grandmother's friends has asked me to get another copy to give to HER grandson. It's just one of the most delightful things I've seen.

Saxton Freyman writes and illustrates the most extraodinary books. These are anthropomorphic vegetables, but not in the touchy feely care-bear way. These are truly challenging vegetables - and my kids love them. We started off with Dr Pompo (a story of pumpkins and seeing what actually is - kind of ironic really)

The wonderful thing about this is that his vegetables are almost challenging - they have almost Halloweenly mean faces and expressions - but set against the bright backgrounds and light verse, they come out being extremely popular stories with my 3 and 4 year old.

It is a great way of introducing your children to vegetables to, we play with our vegetables like they do in this, making faces on them and making conversations with them, it is a great introduction to play. I would really recommend you get the rest of these books and enjoy them with your children!

I was reading how important it is for parents to help thier young children identify the different feelings that they experience. This is the first step in the process of planting the seeds of compassion and empathy for the feelings of others. Who would ever think we could turn to fruits and veggies to teach the lessons! These are truly works of edible art portraying such feelings as anger, fear, surprise, joy, pride, sadness, and jealousy. My two sons love this book and so do I. We read it all the time and sometimes use it to open up discussion about specific reasons that they are feeling a certain way and what they can do or say to others. Even my 3 year old "reads" it to me all by himself. I'm so glad that I found out about this book in my favorite source of quick-read parenting sanity, called "The Pocket Parent." This A-Z guide (written exclusively for parents of preschoolers) offers hundreds of tips to try when the kids challenge your sanity. If you have a 2, 3, 4, or 5-year-old, consider adding these two books to your personal library to refer to again and again.