I Like Lots!

“I like Lots!” is a very colorful book about eating healthy, exercising and doing your best for kids ages 6-9.  I gave this book to my granddaughter to read and she really loved it.  My granddaughter is five and in kindergarten; she is very alert to foods and gets reinforcement from her teacher and us.  It is written in a child’s language that is easy to understand. The illustrations are bright and geared to children. As soon as we finished reading the book we went to the refrigerator to look for healthy and non-healthy foods, which I thought was great. I also gave this book to my daughter who teaches autistic kindergarteners; they loved the book. Since they were studying healthy foods, each child could pick out what they loved to eat and what they were supposed to eat.

This is a story about a young boy who loves to eat donuts, cookies and chips and drink soda. He spends time inside his house playing games or watching TV. He soon discovers that he is gaining weight and his clothes don’t fit. His parents are concerned about him and they take him to his doctor to tell him he needs to exercise and play more and eat healthier food. He decides he will give it his best shot and finds that as he turns down non-healthy food he starts losing weight.

Given that obesity is a problem for our children today, I found “I Like Lots!” by Isaacsen-Bright to be entertaining without being derogatory and at the same time providing good information about healthy foods and exercise.

I Like Lots!
Isaacsen-Bright
Llumina Kids (2009)
ISBN 9781605941721
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (10/09)