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Healthy Foods from A to Z / Comida sana de la A a la Z

The unifying gimmick running through this book is photographs of silly faces made from healthy food.  This may be the first bilingual ABC book I’ve encountered.  With each page dedicated to a letter of the alphabet, the perimeter of each page lists (next to illustrative photographs) healthy foods that start with that letter of the alphabet in either English or Spanish (or both, in the case of banana).  In capital letters next to each photo is the word for that food in the language that starts with the applicable letter; underneath, in parentheses and italics, is the translation of the name of the food.  There seems to be a good mix of how many are labeled primarily in English, and how many primarily in Spanish.  It is left to the reader to determine which language is represented by the primary label, and which by the secondary label.  In the center of each page is a large photo of a silly face created by the foods around the edges.  The back of the book includes informational blurbs on each of the featured foods, project ideas, and instructions for creating one’s own silly face.  A fun and creative approach to introducing students to perhaps unfamiliar foods.