Okay book. I liked the premise of teaching kids about various fruits and vegetables using a fun format, but the execution was a bit off in my opinion.

For one thing, I’m always a little squeamish about children’s books with food for characters. As soon as you put a cute face on something, it feels weird to think about eating it. Plus, the produce dances so much they start sweating and sweaty veggies was a weird image for me. Not appealing.

The main thing I didn’t like was that I felt the book was overly wordy. It was cute to have the produce come out of the fridge to throw a party while the humans were away, but the writing was so dense. There are a lot of words on each page, many of which felt unnecessary. Also, there is no consistent rhyme scheme in the book, making the flow really awkward.

I did like the illustrations. They were simple and fun with a crayon-like quality about them.

At the end of the book, there is a little section on what constitutes a vegetable and a fruit. Interesting for educational purposes, but overall the book was kind of a mess.

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