What Food is This? Author and photographer Rosemarie Hausherr has produced a lovely picture book that describes the origins of all different types of foods. The photographs alternate between black and white, when describing and giving botanical and informational facts about foods, and bright color photography when picturing children asking the reader to answer a riddle and guess what food is coming on the next page. The book introduces elementary students to vocabulary and complex concepts, such as aggregate and nourishment, in a simple and easily understandable manner. Students will delight in seeing familiar foods, growing underground in a garden, or a closeup of something new, like a tiny cabbage plant being held by a child just like them. The interactive book covers not only plant-based foods but how we catch and prepare fish or raise livestock for meats that taste great cooked over an open fire. This is a versatile book, packed with information that could be used to teach a variety of subjects.

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Retelling: This book is organized into questions about food and then their answers. The questions usually represent a category of food, for example, 'what foods are flowers that we eat?' Then it goes on to describe what the food is, how it is grown or born and processed.

Thoughts and Feelings: Not knowing where my food comes from is frustrating to me. Maybe it's frustrating to you too. This is very helpful information. I was surprised to learn that peanuts are not nuts but legumes and peppers and pumpkins are called "vegetables," but technically they're fruit because they have seeds inside.

This is a wonderful informational book that shows photographs of children eating. It is a wonderful example for readers of eating healthy and the different food groups. ( )

The pictures in this book make it very interesting and fun to interact with. ( )