Oliver's Fruit Salad (Venture-Health & the Human Body) [Hardcover]

Vivian French (Author), Alison Bartlett (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Venture-Health & the Human Body

Although he loves to help Grandpa pick fresh fruit, Oliver will not eat any until one day Mom prepares something very special in a big glass bowl.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Oliver enjoys helping his grandfather grow and pick fruit from the garden, but even though he sings the praises of the bountiful produce, he won't eat any of it. Puzzled, his mother just smiles and keeps on trying to entice him to taste fruit, not just talk about it. That is until Grandpa comes to visit and enlists Oliver's aid in making a big, colorful fruit salad; it is so irresistible that the boy consumes three bowls full. Acrylic illustrations are bold, bright, and full of childlike appeal. A suitable selection for finicky eaters.
Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 3^-7. Fussy Oliver, fresh from his appearance in Oliver's Vegetables (1995), has learned there's more to food than French fries, but he's still pretty picky. When his mother offers him canned pears and fruit juice, he can't help but remember the fruit in his grandfather's garden. A trip to the grocery story with Mom seems to be the solution, until droll Oliver admits that what he really liked was helping Grandpa, not eating fruit. Fruit salad, however, which he makes with Mom and his grandparents, turns out to be a different story. The straightforward text is personalized with simple dialogue that should make reading aloud fun, and Bartlett's sturdy, unbordered double-page-spread paintings, in a style so unaffected that it resembles children's own artwork, are a rainbow of fruit colors--strawberry red, lemon yellow, lime green, and more. Great for lap sharing or use with small groups. Stephanie Zvirin

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Orchard Books (NY); First Edition edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531300870
• ISBN-13: 978-0531300879
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #879,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vivian French is an acclaimed children's author with a long and respected list of titles to her name. She lives in Edinburgh and is a regular attendee at the Edinburgh Book Festival where she hosts events with illustrators of picture books.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Try it, you'll like it!!, October 18, 2000

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Michael S Roberts - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oliver's Fruit Salad (Venture-Health & the Human Body) (Hardcover)

What a wonderful book that shows how to encourage a child to try something new. It also helps to realize that a lot of children compare what they do in one place to another. The illustrations are very colorful and bright. A reader could almost read the story using the pictures. Read and enjoy!

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I had expected-Very disappointed, January 16, 2012

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This review is from: Oliver's Fruit Salad (Venture-Health & the Human Body) (Hardcover)

I was very disappointed when receiving this book. I had paid quite a bit for this book, and the book arrived at my house with severe water damage. The damage to the book was so bad that the pages tore when I tried to open the book. I am a teacher and I purchase a lot of my own books and do not get reimbursed for them. I would not purchase anything from this seller again because I was not aware of how severe the damage was. I cannot even use the book in my class because the text and photos are destroyed.