What's in my Lunchbox? by Peter Carnavas
Ill. by Kat Chadwick. New Frontier, 2015. ISBN 9781925059038
Highly recommended for 3-6 year olds.
Today in my lunchbox
I happened to find ...
Take time to explore the front cover and the endpapers first. Ask
the young reader to predict the possible contents of the young boy's
lunchbox. Check out the back cover will it be one of the healthy,
smiling food choices - sushi, a strawberry or a sausage encircling
the blurb?
When the young boy opens his lunchbox for the first time, he finds
an apple. Unfortunately he doesn't like apples and as he discards
the fruit, a little tear slips down the apple's face. Time for
another prediction, after the refrain, he finds a fish swimming in
his lunchbox, serving up two Japanese delicacies. Over the next days
he finds larger and more unbelievable treats served by a variety of
animals. This is one very fussy boy!
The font size is large and the text is very simple, a great story to
share with a young family, at child care or preschool. Kat
Chadwick's complementary pastel backgrounds draw the eye to the big,
bold paint and ink drawings of the surprising food and animals. Each
of the pieces of food has an expressive face showing a range of
emotions.
A delightful story that the young audience can begin to read along
with the text.
Rhyllis Bignell