It's time for another Children's Book Review.
Today it is a book for young children about a young boy who did not understand that something could taste good because of it's name.
We went to spend Sunday afternoon with our son and daughter-in-law and our 3 grandchildren.
Who was the most excited?
We were not sure - Matthew (almost 5) & Ruby (3) were very excited and so were grandpa and I.
Not long into the afternoon Matthew and Ruby asked if I had a new book to read with them because I had been hinting about it when we talked last week.
So we settled down on the couch as they always like to do one on each side of me and this time I got out my iPad instead of an actual real life book.
Disclaimer: I received a free pdf copy of this book to read and give my honest review - this was in pdf form because the book was published in the US and we live in the UK.
So let's have a look at
The Little Boy Who Wouldn't Eat Cheesecake
You can see from the picture below that this book is very bright and colourful.
As with other Children's Books I have reviewed
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I like to get our grandchildren involved in the reviews because if a book is for children then they are the ones it should be tested on.
Grandpa is the designated reader while we are on Face Time calls and nanny does the reading of new books when we are all together in the one place.
So the kids and I got comfortable on the couch and we opened the book in my iPad Pro.
Bigger screen for us all to see.
This was actually a treat for Matthew and Ruby because they do not do a lot on the iPad.
Meanwhile grandpa had got my phone and started to take pictures and very short videos
Inquisitive minds always want to know what's happening straight away so we stopped at the cover page for a little while to see what info we could get from the picture there as well as the cheesecake and chocolate cake you heard about in video above.Grandpa is the designated reader while we are on Face Time calls and nanny does the reading of new books when we are all together in the one place.
So the kids and I got comfortable on the couch and we opened the book in my iPad Pro.
Bigger screen for us all to see.
This was actually a treat for Matthew and Ruby because they do not do a lot on the iPad.
Meanwhile grandpa had got my phone and started to take pictures and very short videos
So let's start testing out the story.
It's definitely a family story, grandchildren hearing a true story from their grandpa which is all about the grandpa when he was a young boy with his mum and dad.
The book is about a story being told within a story.
You can see in this next video that Matthew and Ruby learnt something new at the very start of the story.
Later about halfway through the story and Ruby was pointing out something about one of the pictures but I'm not going to give you too many spoilers about this story book.
There are some pictures that are like pencil drawings that show great expressions on the boy's face like this page below
Then we came to the time when Matthew told us he hadn't tasted cheesecake yet either.
So a brief discussion then took place about how we should have cheesecake for desert some time soon but we would have to do some careful checking of which cheesecake we could all eat together because Ruby and baby Sarah both suffer from allergies to some food products and dairy items are a big problem.
Now what do you think happened?
Did the boy ever eat some cheesecake?
At the end we have another type of food for the boy to have to think about but you need to read the story to find out what that is.
My Thoughts
I would say that this is a very enjoyable and relatable story for families to read together.
All children have to come across food they have never eaten before and then they will also come across people they have never seen before, places they have never gone to before and it can be hard for them to do some new things.
This is a gentle down to earth story that helps them see past their preconceived ideas or their uncertainty of accepting something new.
This book is written by Christina Myers who is a blogger friend and is illustrated by Katherine Carver
Christine wrote this true story because she often heard her father-in-law tell his grandchildren the story of this incident between him and his mother and father many many years ago when he was a little boy.
So Deciding thought on this book?
Yes it's a big Tick from nanny, grandpa and the grandkids.
Disclaimer:
I was given a free copy of the book to read and write an honest review but no other compensation.
The views expressed here are completely my own.