John Burstein

Two boys at summer camp work with the cook to learn about how to eat better. A conversational style and engaging illustrations and charts help us understand the various food groups, serving sizes, and other aspects to being a healthy eater. Overall the tone is preachy, but the information is helpful.

When Benito decides to sell his mother's homemade burritos, he realizes that he'll have to figure out the nutritional information to put on the label. As he works it through, we learn about what each part of the label means and what the numbers all add up to when it comes to deciding if a food is healthy or not. Conversational style and engaging illustrations and visuals.

A boy wants to become more fit, so he asks some experts. Along the way we hear the scientific reasons for staying active and learn about exercises to get us started or keep us going. Conversational style and bright illustrations and charts.

Hynes Library:
Wow I learned alot from this book. Great information for elementary students, also lots of great advise on how to handle and react to a bully. Book includes: table of contents, glossary, index, more resource books, more internet sites.