Orange Food Fun (Eat Your Colors)

You know orange. You see it all around. But did you know you also eat orange? Take a closer look at these orange foods!

Capstone Press – Eat Your Colors

n u F d o o Orange F Titles in this set:

Brown Food Fun Green Food Fun Orange Food Fun Red Food Fun White Food Fun Yellow Food Fun

Orange Food Fun

Eat Your Colors Slimy foods, crunchy foods, juicy foods, and salty foods. They all have one thing in common—they’re colorful! Bright photos leap off pages that describe familiar foods and their colors. The text is designed for reading aloud, reading along, or reading alone. A fun recipe is included in each Eat Your Colors book. Colors were never so tasty! RL: 1

IL: PreK-3

ISBN 0-7368-5382-0 90000

9 780736 853828

Bullard

www.capstonepress.com Reinforced Library Binding

by Lisa Bullard

Eat Your Colors

e g n a r O Food n u F by Lisa Bullard

Mankato, Minnesota

A+ Books are published by Capstone Press, 151 Good Counsel Drive, P.O. Box 669, Mankato, Minnesota 56002. www.capstonepress.com Copyright © 2006 Capstone Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Capstone Press, 151 Good Counsel Drive, P.O. Box 669, Dept. R, Mankato, Minnesota 56002. Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 10 09 08 07 06 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bullard, Lisa. Orange food fun / Lisa Bullard. p. cm. — (A+ books. Eat your colors) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7368-5382-8 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 0-7368-5382-0 (hardcover) 1. Food—Juvenile literature. 2. Orange (Color)—Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series. TX355.B928 2006 641.3—dc22 2005025836 Summary: Brief text and colorful photos describe common foods that are the color orange.

Credits Erika L. Shores, editor; Kia Adams, designer; Kelly Garvin, photo researcher Photo Credits Capstone Press/Karon Dubke, all

Note to Parents, Teachers, and Librarians This Eat Your Colors book uses full-color photographs and a nonfiction format to introduce children to the color orange. Orange Food Fun is designed to be read aloud to a pre-reader or to be read independently by an early reader. Photographs help listeners and early readers understand the text and concepts discussed. The book encourages further learning by including the following sections: Recipe, Glossary, Read More, Internet Sites, and Index. Early readers may need assistance using these features.

Table of Contents Orange Food Fun ................. 4 Cold Orange Foods ............. 11 Sweet Orange Foods ........ 16 Cheesy Orange Foods ...... 23 Simple Orange Smoothie ... 28

Glossary ..................................... 30 Read More................................ 31 Internet Sites ........................ 31 Index............................................ 32

Orange Food Fun Chewy, gooey, fresh, and juicy. Orange foods make tasty treats. What is your favorite orange food?

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Chomp, crunch, or chew those carrots! When the tops are bright green, these orange roots are ready to eat.

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Scoop out the seeds and squishy insides of a butternut squash. Only the orange flesh of this vegetable is good to eat. 8

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Cold Orange Foods Squeezing oranges makes a tasty drink. An orange is a fruit with a name to match its color.

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Quick, lick it before it drips! A frozen orange juice bar cools you down on a hot day.

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Fruity, sweet, and creamy. Cold orange sherbet melts in your mouth.

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Sweet Orange Foods Peach slices are sweet. This orange-colored fruit has soft, fuzzy skin.

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Meet the peach’s little cousin. Orange apricots taste just as sweet but ripen earlier.

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Bright orange pumpkins baked with sugar and spices turn into pumpkin pie. This tasty pie is a favorite Thanksgiving dessert. 20

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Cheesy Orange Foods Mice like to eat cheddar cheese. How about you? Do you nibble on this orange dairy food?

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Spoon up a big bite of macaroni and cheese. Creamy cheese makes this gooey orange dish delicious.

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Cheese puff snacks are made of corn and cheddar cheese. The orange color lasts long after the last crunchy bite.

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What You Will Need Measuring cups Blender Glass

½ cup (120 mL) orange juice

1 peach cut into slices, or 1 cup (240 mL) canned peach slices

3 ice cubes

How to Make an Orange Smoothie 1. Have an adult help you cut up the fruit and use the blender.

You can create a tasty smoothie treat made with sweet orange ingredients.

2. Put the orange juice in the blender first, and then add the remaining ingredients. 3. Blend until smooth. Pour your smoothie into a glass. Drink and enjoy!

1 small container of yogurt

Adding more yogurt will make your smoothie creamier. More ice cubes will make the smoothie thicker. You can add more orange juice to make the smoothie sweeter.

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Glossary

Read More

apricot (AP-ri-kot)—a small, soft fruit with a fuzzy orange skin; apricots have a sweet, tart taste.

Schuette, Sarah L. Orange. Colors. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2003.

root (ROOT)—the part of a plant that grows underground; roots bring water into plants.

Whitehouse, Patricia. Orange Foods. The Colors We Eat. Chicago: Heinemann, 2004.

sherbet (SHUR-buht)—a frozen dessert made of fruit juices, water, sugar, and milk

Internet Sites FactHound offers a safe, fun way to find Internet sites related to this book. All of the sites on FactHound have been researched by our staff. Here‛s how: 1. Visit www.facthound.com 2. Type in this special code 0736853820 for age-appropriate sites. Or enter a search word related to this book for a more general search. 3. Click on the Fetch It button. FactHound will fetch the best sites for you!

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Index apricots, 18–19 butternut squash, 8–9 carrots, 6–7 cheddar cheese, 22–23, 26 cheese puffs, 26–27 fruit juice bars, 12–13 macaroni and cheese, 24–25 oranges, 10–11 peaches, 16–17, 18 pumpkin pie, 20–21 pumpkins, 20 sherbet, 14–15

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You know orange. You see it all around. But did you know you also eat orange? Take a closer look at these orange foods!

Capstone Press – Eat Your Colors

n u F d o o Orange F Titles in this set:

Brown Food Fun Green Food Fun Orange Food Fun Red Food Fun White Food Fun Yellow Food Fun

Orange Food Fun

Eat Your Colors Slimy foods, crunchy foods, juicy foods, and salty foods. They all have one thing in common—they’re colorful! Bright photos leap off pages that describe familiar foods and their colors. The text is designed for reading aloud, reading along, or reading alone. A fun recipe is included in each Eat Your Colors book. Colors were never so tasty! RL: 1

IL: PreK-3

ISBN 0-7368-5382-0 90000

9 780736 853828

Bullard

www.capstonepress.com Reinforced Library Binding

by Lisa Bullard