Who Eats Orange?
Vibrant illustrations and question and answer text capture the reader’s attention, starting with the title: Who Eats Orange? This book not only covers a variety of colors of foods, but also integrates new vocabulary and less common animals, such as toucans, waxwings, and grunts. At the end of the book, the author includes more details about each featured animal and the foods they eat, using categorization based on where they live. Readers will savor this nonfiction book that encourages them to think about the rainbow of foods that humans eat. Curious who else eats orange besides you? Read to find out!
Pennsylvania Center for the Book Awards
Book Activities & Discussion Ideas
Did you know that bears can have black, brown, or even bluish fur, or that zebras are not picky eaters? Adults can use the additional information in the back of the book to integrate interesting facts like these into their story time. This book can be used in a variety of ways based on the age and interest of the audience, and adults can focus on different areas of learning such as colors, animals, habitats, foods, and more. As an extension activity, children could taste test some of the colorful foods featured in the story.
Parents can draw their child’s eyes to the images in this book by pointing to the pictures and by asking questions about the animals, foods, and colors they see on the pages. Prior to reading, it might be helpful for an adult to preview the additional information in the back of the book. This information is color-coded and key vocabulary appears in bold to highlight interesting facts. If children have a question that an adult cannot answer, parents can model research strategies by looking in the back of the book or searching online.