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French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters Audiobook
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When she moved her young family to her husband's hometown in northern France, Karen Le Billon expected some cultural adjustment. But she didn't expect to be lectured for slipping her fussing toddler a snack, or to be forbidden from packing her older daughter a school lunch. Karen is intrigued by the fact that French children happily eat everything—from beets to broccoli, from salad to spinach—while French obesity rates are a fraction of what they are in North America.
Karen soon begins to see the wisdom in the "food rules" that the French use to foster healthy eating habits and good manners in babies and children. Some of the rules call into question both our eating habits and our parenting styles. Other rules evoke commonsense habits that we used to share but have somehow forgotten.
Combining personal anecdotes with practical tips and appetizing recipes, French Kids Eat Everything is a humorous, provocative look at families, food, and children that is filled with inspiration and advice that every parent can use.
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“Fascinating…Narrator Cris Dukehart provides agentle, motherly tone as she describes the differences between North Americanand French eating habits and how these practices are systematically introducedto children and reinforced in both school and family life…Thought-provoking andeasy to digest.”
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“Part cultural study, memoir, and children’s food guide, Le Billon’s book is a breezy but practical volume for hurried parents looking to keep their kids well-fed.”
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This book is a must-read for teachers and parents.
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“This book is a must-read for teachers and parents.”
— Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and author of Why Calories Count -
“Le Billon…strategically identified questions she faced while living abroad: Why were French kids tidier eaters? Why did they sit quietly at restaurants? Why did her daughter’s teacher suggest she see a therapist when she wanted to pack her school lunch?”
— BonAppetit.com
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About Karen Le Billon
Karen Le Billon, a professor at the University of British Columbia, was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2011. A Rhodes Scholar with a PhD from Oxford University, she has published five academic books and Getting to Yum, a guide and cookbook on taste training for kids. She and her family divide their time between Canada and France.
About Cris Dukehart
Cris Dukehart is a voice-over artist and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. Her voice can also be heard across the country and around the world in commercials, e-learning projects, and corporate narration. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.