Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids (Food Books for Kids)

Product Description “Bizarrely funny” – The Horn Book. A wisecracking picture book on the short (shelf) life of a bunch of bruisers—with activities to save families from "I'm bored" disease. Diverse banana characters try crazy stunts and start turf wars in a cautionary children’s tale with simple low-sugar recipes; including banana muffins, smoothies, cookies, and pancakes. 7 easy, yummy low-sugar recipes (more free recipes online) Laughs & a great message Fun family activity Black child Hard cover, soft cover, or ebook The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults), it’s clever, hands-on fun for boys and girls ages 4 – 10 (preschool – 5th grade, Look inside!). Get more healthful recipes free at PremioBooks. 320 read-aloud words (before recipes) by award-winning author and media professor Karl Beckstrand ( Crumbs on the Stairs – Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery—see 60+ multicultural titles—click Karl Beckstrand above); illustrated by Jeff Faerber. #1 in the Food Books for Children series (other titles: The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga, Grow: How We Get Food from Our Garden, Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm); family/children’s cookbook with African-American child; full-color, 24-page fruit humor book for reluctant readers; 8”x10”; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (more inside images/video book trailer; Worldwide rights © 2011): PremioBooks, Baker & Taylor, B&N, Brodart, Follett, Gardner’s, Herzberg/Perma-bound, Ingram, Biblio/EBSCO/ibooks/Kobo/Mackin/Smash/SCRIBD, libraries, Target and Walmart online. LCCN: 2010910826; GAM020000, JUV050000, JUV011010, JUV019000, JUV054000, JUV020000, Hard ISBN: 978-0977606542, Soft ISBN: 978-0977606511 (ebook: 978-1452415598) Review "A story, an activity book [with] recipes parents and kids can enjoy together.... A rollicking romp through badness that any kid can relish. Charming; even a bad banana can turn out good!" - Alison Levy, Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY "Karl Beckstrand's bizarrely funny picture book Bad Bananas - A Story Cookbook for Kids shows how good bananas go wrong.... Salvation appears in the form of banana-based recipes...Delicious...I'll take an appreciative 'mmm' from The Horn Book staff any day." - Katie Bircher "Out of the Box" Horn Book blog "...Wisecracking.... While banana characters get crazy, this [book] shares healthy recipes for everything from banana muffins to pancakes and smoothies...Family-fun...a story and a cookbook." - Kat Dennis.com, Easy Cooking in the Kitchen "Wisecracking.... While banana characters get crazy, this [book] shares healthy recipes for everything from banana muffins to pancakes and smoothies.... Family-fun...a story and a cookbook." - Kat Dennis.com , Easy Cooking in the Kitchen From the Author Interview with Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook author, Karl Beckstrand P: Who did you write this book for? KB: "This book is for anyone suffering from 'I'm borrred' disease (maybe more for their families--as a kind of comic intervention). P: Where did you get the idea for Bad Bananas? KB: "I just started to get all these wisecracking lines about bad bananas--as rebels of the fruit world." P: As a children's author, what made you write a cookbook? KB: "It was my editor's idea. When she saw the storyline, she thought it would be a perfect activity book with recipes." P: There's a lot of clever word-play in this book, is that intended for adults? KB: "Yes. I think we've all read books to kids that were better at putting the adult to sleep. I like to keep my stories fun for adults and kids--I especially like a surprise you don't expect." P: Who did the illustrations? KB: "Jeff Faerber, a New York artist." P: Tell us about the illustrations; how did you two come up with such fun imagery? KB: "I started doodling images of gang-banger bananas--with sticker tattoos, pierced peels and spiked-hair stems. I got the idea that they would have turf issues with rival bunches (grapes). Jeff Faerber came up with some red-necked re