Sylvia's Spinach
PreS-Gr 2-Sylvia hates spinach, but when she is given a packet of spinach seeds that she must grow for a class project, she starts to take an interest in the leafy green vegetable. Hers is one of the first crops ready to harvest. When she nibbles on a leaf at school, Sylvia decides that it doesn't taste so bad after all and brings a bunch home to share with her parents. The predictable story is accompanied by ink wash illustrations. Sylvia's facial expressions convey her attitude toward spinach as she transitions from hating it, to proudly growing it, to cautiously trying it, to actually liking it. The author clearly has an agenda, but if parents can get their kids to eat their veggies by reading this well-intentioned story, good for them.-Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CTα(c) Copyright 2011.  Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.  No redistribution permitted.