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Before We Eat

From Farm to Table
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Before We Eat by Pat Brisson is a delightful children's book that explores the journey of food from farm to table. Through engaging illustrations, it highlights the many people involved in producing the food we eat, from farmers to truck drivers to grocery workers. Perfect for young readers, it fosters appreciation and gratitude for the meals we enjoy every day.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this delightful children's book if you appreciate stories that teach youngsters about the journey of food from farm to table. It highlights the efforts of farmers, workers, and other contributors, often using simple and engaging language that connects children with where their food comes from. It's a beautiful way to foster gratitude and awareness in young readers.

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Before We Eat

A Moonbeam Gold Award winner. With vibrant illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Azarian, this acclaimed book explains what must happen before food gets to readers' tables. This expanded edition includes bonus information about school gardens and the national farm-to-school movement. Full color.

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Before we eat, many people work very hard—planting grain, catching fish, tending farm animals, and filling crates of vegetables. With vibrant illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Mary Azarian, this book reminds us what must happen before food gets to our tables to nourish our bodies and spirits.

This expanded edition of Before We Eat includes back-of-book features about school gardens and the national farm-to-school movement.

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Before We Eat by Pat Brisson is highly praised for its engaging exploration of the food production process and the many hands involved. The book is complemented by Mary Azarian’s detailed and folkloric woodcut illustrations, which enhance the story. It serves as a valuable educational tool for young children, introducing them to the concepts of gratitude and the origins of food, and is celebrated for its warm depiction of community and small farms.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780884486527

Publisher: Tilbury House,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 July 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Tilbury House,U.S.

Edition: 2nd Edition

Illustration: Color throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Mary Azarian
  • Illustrated by Mary Azarian

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 239.0mm

Height: 262.0mm

Weight: 423g

Pages: 36

About the Author

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.

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