Foodie Faces

by Bill Wurtzel, Claire Wurtzel

Food, funny faces, and feelings combine in this cute and clever board book about emotions and healthy eating.
 

No matter how you're feeling—silly, grumpy, happy, or shy—now you can see your face mirrored back on your dinner plate! Find twenty-two different emotions inside the pages of this book, made out of everything from strawberries to pita bread to carrots (and more). You'll be amazed by how real these foodie faces look, and might even be inspired to try a new food or two!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Food, Emotion, Childrens, Juvenile, Nonfiction

24 pages, Board Book

Published June 7, 2022

Reviews

[Leah Delcamp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun way to talk about different emotions. My son and I giggled our way through all of the clever food face creations that truly do represent each emotion well!

[Meghan Bohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brb, changing all my profile pictures to the 'worried' face.

[Mandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picture book. Books about identifying emotions can be kind of dry, so this book that features faces made out of various foods is a nice change of pace. (This is not the first book to take this approach, as there is already Foods with Moods: A First Book of Feelings and its companion How Are You Peeling?: Foods with Moods) The text in this one is fairly simple, letting the photographs truly shine. This is a fun book to look through and interact with. Some ideas would be having young readers identify the foods they see, having them guess the emotion before the text is read, and also identifying why they think that emotion is the one expressed (the slant of the eyebrows, angle of the mouth, etc). Of course the most fun thing to do would be to let the child actually create their own food face, which might have the added benefit of inspiring them to eat healthy food.

[Dylan Teut · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fresh take on the classic How are You Peeling?
Includes back matter about all of the foods used in the photographs.
Still prefer books about feelings that feature photographs of real children to talk about emotions (like On Monday When It Rained), but this is a fun companion.

[Carol Farrington · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fun book! A wide range of emotions are covered using an even greater variety of foods. From grains, such as cereal, breads, bagels, and fruits from bananas, strawberries, kiwi mango, pineapple, to vegetables such as spinach and peppers and lettuce and carrots and more are included. This allows for a wide variety of looks for different types of people. And may introduce children to new foods and being an enticement for them to try new foods by making their own silly faces with food.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man, five stars for this one! I really love the assortment of foods (if you don't recognize some of them, there's a little cheat sheet at the back). Could be a really cool program tie-in, and definitely an awesome pick for home-bound, home-schooling, or otherwise quarantined families. We all need new activity ideas once in a while! Educational, enjoyable, and with high-quality caretaker resources at the back.

[Amy Smith]

Foodie Faces goes through different emotions/feelings and represents them through food on a plate. The book has instructions in the back on how to make your own foodie face. It would be a great candidate for a book-n-cook as participants could make their own food face and write a story about what their food face is feeling. I would also read this for Toddler Storytime and practice making the different faces with the audience.

[Joan Arbogast · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one just tickles me so!
Lots of fun & creativity!

Back Matter contains:
A Note from Claire. "When I was a child, my mother made funny objects out of leftover dough. After Bill and I got married, he was inspired to continue making these whimsical creations for me..."
Build Your Own Foodie Face
Do You Recognize the Foods in This Book?

[Union County Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foodie Faces is a great introduction to emotions for preschoolers because children connect with their feelings when they look at faces showing a range of human emotions. Building a vocabulary for feelings will help your child not only understand, but also cope with their big feelings. PreK - Grade 3.

- Reviewed by Roxie I.

[Andrés · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the second edition with the melon on the cover, and it was great! As others have said, the most fun part of reading the story is trying to guess the foods in the (very inventive!!!) photos. Second, asking what emotion the face is conveying. Then finally reading the text. I felt motivated to make my own food face, and I was delighted to see some instructions in the back as well.

[Cara Byrne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pick up this book for the clever creation of faces made out of food and not for the text - which tries to weave a description of different emotions. My kids love to guess which foods made up each face and giggled with delight when they saw watermelon, strawberries, and oatmeal.

[Colorado Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved the creative food faces. very cute.

[Molly Cluff (Library!) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book for discussing a range of emotions--the illustrations are photographs with faces constructed entirely of food. So that's a fun, creative take on a classic emotions book.

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be good to use in storytime

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Food art books are always a hit for class visits!

[Yuyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is good for interaction with kids. It helps kids describe their feelings, and further help them built up a healthy and fun diet.

[Jennifer Miera · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book with lots of faces made from food. Kids can search the pictures and identify what foods make up each face. Also great for talking about emotions and facial expression.

[Annamarie Carlson (she, her)]

Explore different emotions through well thought out photographs of faces made through food.

[Deidra Chamberlain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly unexpected

[Rebekah Schnell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clever way of teaching emotions using facial expressions with food. Especially liked the one where he feels hungry. 🤣

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing talent at creating emotions with food. Great way to talk with your kids about emotions.

[Rebecca Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This feels a lot like an old picturebook I once read and has lots of fun moods to act out and adorable pictures.

[Sawy-o · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this at pool storytime and a group of 5 year olds were cracking up the whole time.

[Beth P]

Fun way to read about feelings and the facial expressions that match them.

[Abigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m 9 months old and not a fan of this book. The pages are easy to tear.

[Anne Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many good therapy ideas in this book!

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute food faces, each page is different emotion

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emotions & Food

[Helena Akuany · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun and creative book that introduces emotions through playful food photography, making it engaging for young children.

[TJE · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book read first with Gaga. Fun ideas for snacks with faces