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Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure! Children’s Book

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Our popular children’s book helps kids get off the junk food track and make healthy eating a fun-filled FRESH adventure!


“Simply stated, Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure! should be a part of every school and community library collection in the country!” 

– Midwest Book Review

Ideal for Ages 7 - 12 (and younger children reading with grown-ups!)

Based on Emmy Award-Winning TV Special: Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure!

Our popular children’s book, created in a highly illustrated scrapbook fashion, gives youngsters everything they need to make healthy food choices in today’s confusing food marketplace. As told by her best friend, ToBe Fit, readers follow Janey in her quest to make the National Junior Juggling Team and discover the missing ingredient to her juggling success—healthy food choices!

This fun-filled, highly illustrated book with interactive tools is an indispensable resource to help turn kids on to healthy eating habits…all in a spirit of fun and celebration.

Kids Will Learn:

  • How to fuel their body to eat to win!
  • Fun ways to cut down on sugar
  • How to decode food labels and “Read It Before You Eat It!”
  • Exciting ways to enjoy fruits and vegetables
  • How to prepare healthy snacks that are fun to make and eat!
  • How to juggle the foods they eat to wind up with a balanced diet!
BONUS INSIDE
  • Tickets to Fresh Adventures!:  16 Fun Snack Recipe Cards for healthy fruit and veggie snacks kids love to make and eat!

FREE COMPANION MATERIALS

  • Teacher’s Activity Guide
    This 15-page guide features discussion questions, background information, hands-on activities, and activity sheets to integrate nutrition into core subject areas for grades K-6.
  • Downloadable “Tickets to Fresh Adventures!” – Fun Snack Recipe Cards
    Full Color Tickets – Print them on cardstock!
    Black and White Tickets – Kids love to color them!

Plus – Check out our new Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure! VIDEO Kit!
A great way to bring our children’s book to life for groups of children!  In this enchanting 5-part video series, children get to read along as our performer, ToBe Fit, makes good eating great fun for kids!

Rave Reviews for JANEY JUNKFOOD'S FRESH ADVENTURE!

Finally—An enchanting new children’s book guaranteed to help kids get off the junk food track and make good eating GREAT FUN!”

- Lauren Niemes, MEd, RD, Executive Director, The Nutrition Council

One taste of ‘Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure!” and you won’t be satisfied till you are done indulging in the pages of the whole book!”  I think kids of all ages will enjoy this book and learn a lot about nutrition while having a lot of fun.  The pages that look like photos in a scrapbook are so funny and just add to the delight of this book!”

- Brianne Plach (age 10), Reader Views

I recently purchased three copies of Janey Junkfood’s Fresh Adventure! and gave them to local schools’ libraries to use as part of their wellness initiatives to improve student health. The staff loved the books, especially after watching a live presentation of FOODPLAY – an elementary school-aged program promoting healthy eating and staying active!”

- Phyllis Wood, CATCH Director, Ridgway, Illinois

I am so impressed by this book’s creativity! Whether you’re a parent or grandparent, a teacher, or other professional who works with children, I highly recommend this book for the children in your life.”

- Susan M. Heim, Author and Reviewer

Just what the doctor ordered! Finally a fun way to get kids excited about healthy eating. They’re having so much fun, they don’t realize how much they’re learning!“

- Michael Jacobson, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest

Kids of all ages will lap up the delightful story, devour the animated drawings and feast on the buffet of amusing techniques ToBe utilizes to make her case for a healthy diet….Nice way to give kids the message about eating better.”

- Harold N. Walters, Armchair Interviews

This creative book is a painless way to get kids interested in the differences between healthy food and junk food—perhaps the most important facts for them to have as they make lifestyle choices that affect their physical and mental well-being.”

- Dr. Andrew Weil, Founder and Director, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona

My students loved this book— they didn’t want it to end! I didn’t know nutrition could be that much fun!“

- Marybeth Home, MEd, Reading Specialist, Sarasota, FL

Thank you for such wonderful tools! We bought 75 JANEY books to donate to our local schools and libraries as well as to give as gifts to students participating in our nutrition education programs.”

- Tony Ellis, MS, Program Director, Physio Wellness NYC, LLC

Written by Barbara Storper, MS, RD, and Ilustrated by Frances E. Schneid

Barbara Storper, MS, RDN is a national award-winning nutritionist and leader in the field of children’s nutrition. As founder and Executive Director of FoodPlay Productions since 1982, she has authored and created national touring theater shows, video kits, media campaigns, and resources reaching over 5 million school children across the country. A popular speaker, journalist, and media spokesperson, Storper appears widely on national media—making nutrition come alive for the nation’s youth.

Press Kit and Fliers

  • Flyer
  • Press Kit (includes Press Release, Author Bio, Questions for Interviews, Flyer)

BULK DISCOUNTS: We give great discounts for bulk orders! For bulk pricing or if you are a wholesaler or distributor, please Contact Us to learn more.

Size:  8×10 inches
Pages:  36

ISBN:  Paperback: 978-0-9642858-6-6

ISBN: Hard Cover: 978-0-9642858-5-9