Editorial Review:

Excite your children about eating healthy! Why do so many kids love McDonald s? Because McDonald s presents in a colorful and exciting way. The Race Against Junk Food was created in the same vein. It s a fun filled adventure that will capture a child s imagination. A fun filled story introducing the Snak Posse (veggie-people), read how Tommy and the Snak Posse win the race against the Sugar Coat Gang and their evil ways. Some children remember facts. All children remember story. The foods eaten when very young are desired for an entire life. This book is a tool to help place our children on the road to healthy living. If you are looking for weapons that combat the seduction of our children s health by large, non caring corporations, have your children live The Race Against Junk Food. They ll love it!

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

I Am Strong To The Finish Because I Eat My Spinach!:

Some points:
1.) After doing a little research, I found the goal of this book is intended to be motivational. Why do kids love McDonalds? It's presented as fun and exciting. Kids don't want to eat at McDonalds because of the fact that sugars and fat are pleasing to the taste buds...
2.) My kids enjoyed "The Race Against Junk Food" very much. After reading this book to them (I have a girl and boy aged 5 and 8, respectively) they chanted, "Give me a carrot." Goal accomplished!
3.) I discovered... more info

fun but not a lot of teaching substance:

My kids liked the story but there was only one page that really focused on teaching good nutrition. Smoking cigaretes is introduced in the book also. I think that should be addressed under the drugs topic, not nutrition. I'm sure there are better resources for teaching kids about nutrition.

fun and gives the big picture:

This book has fun illustrations and an engaging story. It helps kids get the big picture about the effects of healthy eating (or lack of!) which I think is just as important as more specific nutrition information, especially in these grade school years. It's funny, I liked it, my kids were immediately interested in it, and I would buy this book again for a gift.

Pictures, pictures, pictures!:

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?

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