We Like to Help Cook

All the young children in this brightly-colored picture book help adults to prepare healthy and delicious foods. * all in accordance with the Healthy Diet Guidelines * illustrated by the USDA Food Pyramid * a multicultural mix of kids in the lively, colorful illusrtations Simple text, including some rhymes, make the book easy to read and appealing to both kids and parents. Children perform age-related tasks like pouring, shaking, washing, mashing and mixing. This book reinforces the message that children and adults can work together to prepare and eat healthy foods. Since young children learn by watching and doing, even toddlers can often help out in the kitchen with simple tasks . . . sometimes much more than we expect.