You Are What You Eat

Sylvie
By Jennifer Sattler

An adorable pink flamingo named Sylvie. How could I not read this book and share it with you?

Summary
Sylvie appears to be the baby among her flock of flamingoes. After observing her pink relatives and realizing that everyone and everything else at the beach doesn’t have just one color, she asks her mom what makes them pink. Shrimp! Flamingoes eat pink shrimp, so they are, therefore, pink! Sylvie then decides to experiment a little and try eating different colored things. She has a fun day changing colors, but toward the end of her experiment, her tummy begins to get a little full … maybe being just pink is okay for her after all.

Worth staying up past bedtime?
Rating: Up ‘Til Dawn

One look at adorable Sylvie and you won’t be able to resist flipping open this book and devouring it whole (and considering it’s a picture book, you won’t be all that tired in the morning!). Sattler’s illustrations are adorable, and Sylvie’s curious nature is entertaining and fun. I imagine any child would think the same thing as Sylvie – “if I’m pink because I eat shrimp, then I bet different colored foods will make me different colors, too!” Sylvie’s experiment is great fun to watch unfold, and our heroine even learns a little lesson by the end of the story (don’t eat too much or you’ll get a tummy ache!), though she manages to keep a little extra color in her diet in addition to the shrimp!

Recommended for all ages!