What’s So Yummy?: All About Eating Well and Feeling Good by Robie H. Harris

Short Summary

What’s So Yummy?: All About Eating Well and Feeling Good by Robie H. Harris is a warm, engaging picture book for young children that explores food, movement, rest, and caring for our bodies. While it’s not a sex education book, it fits beautifully into body education and health conversations and sits comfortably alongside Harris’s well-known books about bodies, babies, families, and diversity.

Age Group

Suitable for children aged 4 to 9 years.

Topics Discussed

Internet Safety

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What this book is about

• What’s So Yummy? focuses on food, movement, rest, and how our bodies feel when they’re cared for.
• It talks about everyday activities like riding bikes, growing vegetables, shopping at markets, and eating a variety of foods.
• The book gently introduces the idea that people eat differently – some eat meat, some don’t – and that food choices can vary between families and cultures.
• It celebrates diversity in bodies, families, and lifestyles, including a breastfeeding baby, which helps normalise breastfeeding for young children.
• There’s a strong message about balance: moving our bodies is important, but so is resting them.
• Screen time is mentioned in a calm, matter-of-fact way, helping kids understand that too much TV or device time isn’t great for our bodies.
• This makes it a helpful springboard for early internet safety conversations, especially around limits, balance, listening to our bodies, and why screens aren’t meant to take over our day.
• The illustrations are rich and layered, with speech bubbles and background details that invite kids to linger, notice, and ask questions.

I hope you find this book review helpful!

Happy talking!
❤️ Cath