Newly revised!
The new version of The Edible Pyramid has many changes to reflect the updated USDA food guide pyramid. Detailed information about the new plan can be found at www.MyPyramid.gov.

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The Edible Pyramid
Good Eating Every Day
In a brand new restaurant shaped exactly like a pyramid, the elegant feline waiter shows customers the delicious foods available. Each section of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid is explored, with vivid illustrations of grain, fruit, vegetables, meats, nuts, and other goodies.
Art: Acrylic gouache, with digital revisions.

“With the topics of diet and exercise now as hot as ever, this is sure to be in demand for classroom discussion.” Booklist, review of revised edition

An entertaining, attractive introduction to the food pyramid...” School Library Journal

A Reading Rainbow book
A Trumpet Club selection.

Pre-K to Grade 3. Full color. 32 p. Holiday House, 1994, 2007. 0-8234-2074-4 (h).
0-8234-2075-2 (p).
PROJECT IDEA: Pick five of your favorite foods, and see where they fit into the Food Guide Pyramid. Are they from several sections of the pyramid, or from only one or two food groups? What foods from different groups could you eat more of?
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