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Book List

We’ve carefully curated book lists to go with each lesson.


Be Healthy Books

Go, Go, Grapes

Be Healthy

Go, Go, Grapes

By April Pulley SayreBeach Lane Books

Celebrates the joys of healthy eating and invites youngsters on a rhyming photographed tour of a market that is filled with delicious fruits.

Harlem Grown cover

Be a Neighbor, Be Healthy

Harlem Grown

By Tony HilleryA Paula Wiseman Book

Once there was a lot full of trash. Now there is a lush, green farm. This is the story of Harlem Grown, a garden in New York City.

Jacob's Room to Choose cover

Be an Ally, Be Healthy

Jacob’s Room to Choose

By Sarah HoffmanMagination Press

After Jacob and Sophie are prevented from using their school’s bathrooms, their teacher helps her students write new rules about who can use which bathroom.

Just Try One Bite cover

Be Healthy

Just Try One Bite

By Adam Mansbach & Camila Alves McconaugheyDial Books for Young Readers

All these kids want is for their ice-cream-and-chips-loving parents to try one bite of healthy whole foods. They’re sure their parents will like fruits and veggies if they’ll just taste them!

Little Green Donkey cover

Be Healthy

Little Green Donkey

By Anuska AllepuzCandlewick Press

Preferring delicious green grass to all other foods, Little Donkey switches to yummy carrots when his exclusive diet has an unanticipated consequence.

Maddi's Fridge cover

Be an Ally, Be a Neighbor, Be Healthy, Be Kind

Maddi’s Fridge

By Lois BrandtFlashlight Press

Sofia visit’s her friend Maddi’s house to find that they only have milk and bread to eat. She wants to help her friend have food, but doesn’t want to betray her promise not to tell.

Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli cover

Be Healthy

Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli

By Barbara Jean HicksKnopf Books for Young Readers

Adventure along with monsters who refuse to eat their broccoli – and then discover it is not so bad after all.

My Daddy Is A Pretzel cover

Be Healthy

My Daddy Is A Pretzel

By Baron BaptisteBarefoot Books

While other children’s parents are veterinarians, gardeners, and builders, one father is able to become a dog, a tree, and a bridge using various yoga poses.

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