Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Scholastic Bookshelf)

Gregory is a little goat who is a very picky eater he does not eat the regular foods that goats eat such as tin cans, shoes, clothes, tires and other junk. Gregory would much rather have fruits and veggies. Gregory's parents sense something is wrong with their son because he does not eat like he

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should so they take him to the doctor and Dr. Ram says they need to mix the food he likes with food fit for goats and he will soon switch over to eating like he should. Dr. Ram was right he loved it so much that he ate way too much they could not get Gregory to stop eating he was eating everything in the house. Gregory's dad had enough of Gregory's new bad eating habbit and went to the dump where he brought back tons of food tires, old shoes, clothes, and lots of tin cans. Gregory found all of it and ate all of it until he was sick to his stomach that was a lesson about eating he would never forget.

When I was a kid i hated to try new foods.

Talk to the students about good eating habbits and have the students make their own goat fruit and veggie recipes and draw pictures of their dish.

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"Gregory, the Terrible Eater" is a book about a little goat who does not particularly like the average diet of a goat. Instead of craving trash, rubber tires, and shoelaces, Gregory dreams of eating veggies, fruits, and pasta. His parents are concerned about him and his bad diet, and are working

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hard to try to get him to eat what he should be. To do this, they try adding in goat foods a little bit at a time, and mixing it in with the foods that Gregory loves. This book would be perfect with the younger grades for a read aloud, and there are several good lesson plan ideas that are available online to accompany it. You could talk about the ideas of adding in foods that kids do not like, but are good for them. It is entertaining, and certainly accessible to children.

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In this old picture book (I remember watching it on Reading Rainbow!), Gregory is a goat who worries his parents with his "unhealthy" diet - instead of junk from around their junkyard home, he asks for eggs, toast and veggies.

This is a funny story about compromise and eating healthfully.

Recommended.

Like all mothers, Gregory's mom struggles to get her little goat to eat a well-balanced diet. When she offers him tires and tin cans, all Gregory wants to eat are fruits and vegetables. But Gregory's mom is persistent and she convinces him to try just one little bite. Soon Gregory's new-found love

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of food has him eating everything. Will Gregory's mom be able to curb his appetite and teach him balanced eating once and for all?

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Kids will laugh at the backwards problem in the book and the illustrations, while not superb, ARE very funny. Added bonus, of course, is the message about eating balanced meals, always a hard sell to french fry fans.

Gregory, the terrible eater, is a goat who only eats healthy foods and his parents are worried! Instead of eating "junk food," he prefers to eat fruits, vegetables, and scrambled eggs. This book not only teaches about health and nutrition but it also teaches to try new foods and not to be a picky

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eater. This book would be a lot of fun to teach to the younger grades, probably first grade, about healthy and not healthy foods to eat. A fun activity could be to brainstorm different types of food and put them into two baskets one being healthy and the other being "junk" food.

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This story is such a fun take on trying to drive home the importance of healthy eating. It is the opposite of what the title would have you believe. Gregory the goat is actually a very healthy eater, but his family is not used to goats eating that way. Throughout the story they try to get Gregory

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to eat everything that they eat like trash. This would be a great resource for a healthy-eating habits lesson. Students would appreciate the humor in a goat who only eats healthy foods. The illustrations of healthy versus unhealthy foods are interesting as well because it seems as though the healthy foods are brightly colored and the "trash(unhealthy)" foods are muted. As the story continues, Gregory's Mom finally convinces him to try what they are eating. The problem is now that Gregory is eating everything, his family is concerned. Will his family be able to help him learn how to eat a well-balanced meal? Students can use this as a lesson and think about how they eat at home and if they could make better decisions when choosing foods.

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Gregory, a young goat, is faced with difficulty when his parents convince him that what he wants to eat is not normal. Gregory starts off with what a human would consider a healthy, well-balanced meal. He likes fruits, eggs, fish, and bread and butter. However, his parents are so worried with this

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"terrible" eating that they decide that he needs to see a doctor. The doctor tells Gregory and his parents that although this is not typical nutrition for a goat, it is not unhealthy. Still displeased, his parents only begin allowing Gregory to eat what he wants as long as some of their wants are eaten as well. Gregory agrees and begins having tires, shoe laces, and even tin cans to eat. It begins to get so out of control that Gregory just starts eating all foods, non-stop. Thankfully, Gregory and his parents come to a compromise of having portion controlled meals with a little of theirs and Gregory's favorite foods. This story would be great to read to children. It is so ironic that the unhealthy foods here are what humans consider to be the most healthy of all. I think children would really pick up on that and allow them to further understand the importance of what we put in our bodies.

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This is one of those books that I remember really loving as a kid. I always liked the wobbly illustrations, and all of the crazy things Gregory has to eat. I love stumbling across books like this at work and thinking, "That book! I remember that one!" Ah, the joys of working in youth services...

This is one of those books that I remember really loving as a kid. I always liked the wobbly illustrations, and all of the crazy things Gregory has to eat. I love stumbling across books like this at work and thinking, "That book! I remember that one!" Ah, the joys of working in youth services...

This is one of those books that I remember really loving as a kid. I always liked the wobbly illustrations, and all of the crazy things Gregory has to eat. I love stumbling across books like this at work and thinking, "That book! I remember that one!" Ah, the joys of working in youth services...

Fun children's book that I read with my girls.