How do you eat color?

This Filipino import offers a colorful approach to healthy eating. Nutritionists often encourage people to adopt a rainbow-hued diet in order to ensure they consume a wide array of fruits and vegetables. Two unnamed brown-skinned, dark-haired kids, accompanied by a bug-eyed chameleon, do just that. As the book opens, they're presented with a basket of various Southeast Asian produce. Each subsequent page is devoted to a single color, with a few matching foods. "Savor GREEN outside as you play!" One youngster and the chameleon stare in wonder, surrounded by a forest of bok choy as the other child runs around amid a field of moringa. Later, the three of them slowly paddle along a yellow river dotted with islands of pineapples and ears of corn: "Yellow can be syrupy like a spoonful of mango, or mild like corn on the cob." David's use of figurative language is downright delicious, while Doctor deftly uses different hues of the same color within a single page, with dynamic results; on one page, blots and spills of orange and yellow bleed into each other. Readers will enjoy noticing how the chameleon changes colors with each scene. The trio eventually fall asleep, surrounded by the darker shades of purple yam and plums. An equally vibrant guide to the produce mentioned is included in the backmatter, along with tips for incorporating healthy, environmentally friendly practices into one's life. A delectable journey through the imagination--and the palate.(Picture book. 4-8) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.