Pat Brisson is the author of 20 books for young readers, including The Summer My Father Was Ten and Sometimes We Were Brave, Tummy Time Friends, and Common Critters. A graduate of Rutgers University, she is a former elementary school teacher, school librarian, and public-library reference librarian. Pat lives in New Jersey with her husband. Artist Mary Azarian is the Caldecott-Medal winning illustrator of Snowflake Bentley, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (1999, Houghton Mifflin). She created the pictures for Before We Eat by first carving the pictures in wood (in reverse!) and then printing them with ink onto paper before adding the color with watercolor paints. She lives and creates her art on a hilltop farm in Vermont.
A simple poem thanking the people who grow, transport, sell and
prepare our food is transformed by Azarian's bright woodcuts... A
warm celebration of both small farms and the idea that it takes a
village to feed a child. (Picture book. 2-6)-- "Kirkus"
Cultivating an attitude of gratitude as a healthy thing to do. In
recent years much has been published about the numerous benefits of
being grateful. The webmd.com article on gratefulness says that
gratitude reduces stress and boosts the immune system, both of
which improve quality of life all the way around. ...The book is a
thoughtful examination of where food comes from-- that is before is
gets to the grocery store. ...Pages show people engaged in every
manner of food production: plowing, planting, harvesting, milking,
egg gathering, packing and weighing crates, driving delivery trucks
and cashiering at the grocery store. It is a wonderfully inclusive
and honest way to view food acquisition.--Jennifer Prince
"Children's Book Review, Citizen-Times, Ashville NC"
With beguiling illustrations and a lovely spare text, this book
will inspire conversations with young children about the origins of
their food and start them on the path to being careful stewards of
the environment.--Anne K. Fishel, Ph.D., Co-founder, The Family
Dinner Project, Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical
School
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