The Race Against Junk Food (Adventures in Good Nutrition)

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Amazon rating of 4.5 out of 5, Amazon sales rank: 90181

A fun filled adventure introducing the Snak Posse (Super Nutritionally Active Kids.) These vegi-people get children excited about living healthy through fun and entertainment. For children 9 and under, read how Tommy and the Snak Posse win the race against junk food!

Reader Reviews:

I have a six year old son who loves this book, especially the pictures. There are a few pages that have extravagant landscape scenes with tons of stuff going on and we play a "where's waldo" type of game to find all the different types of fruits and veggies and also find the different snack posse team members. He absolutely loves it.

The story is fun and not preachy at all and it's good to see my child with good eating habits on his mind. What more can I ask for?I am glad that my best friend happened to mention how much her daughter loved "The Race Against Junk Food." We were talking about books for our kids. Having read KR's review (above) previously, I had second thoughts about buying this book for my son.

I would agree that this book won't win any literary awards. However, for me the most important critic of this book is my son. And he loved it! He's asked that I read it over and over again. And most importantly, he's taken a keen interest in eating healthy.

My understanding is that "The Race Against Junk Food" is supposed to be a MOTIVATIONAL book. There is plenty of "how to" books about what our children should eat. And still up to 1/3 of our kids are obese. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that we should all eat lots of fruits and vegetables. My issue is getting my son to want to eat healthy.

I would respectively suggest that from my son's point of view this book is like the movie that the critic pans and everyone else loves.

SNAK Posse, feed us more! I can't believe that other reviewers gave this book 5 stars. I was completely disappointed. The book included very little useful information to help kids make good nutritional choices- "fruits and veggies are awesome" was about the extent of it. The text is uninteresting and cumbersome to read aloud, and the illustrations are not appealing. I am returning this book.A great book for teaching the benefits of good eating habits.
Illustrations are colorful and interesting - just what the little ones look for in a book. My grandson always looks for this book in my house.

This is, I believe a must for all parents of young children (together with the children) as it will remind them of the importance of eating the proper foods.

Grammar schools should also use this in their health classes.

More books like this PLEASE....... Maybe this is the way to a slimmer youth.Excellent, The Race Against Junk Food is a wonderful way to teach kids, parents and grandparents (like me) about healthy eating habits. My 5 year old grand girl loves this book. It's colorful characters and great story keep her interested from start to finish. She even tells other people about the book, and wants all her friends and family to order a copy right away. I highly recommend this book and encourage everyone to read this colorful guide toward good nutrition.

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