Having mealtime troubles that might be solved with a top-rated children’s picture book? Every child deals with the food on their plate that just won’t go away. From brussel sprouts to yams, liver to cucumber soup, these dishes are the obstacles children face to obtain dessert. Consequently, meal time can become a battleground. For those who are engaged in the dinner time showdown, there is a wonderful award-winning children’s book for you. Sharing books with your children create an avenue to address problems in a comical and entertaining way. As most of us know, reading to our children opens the possibilities of learning and is the most valuable tool to education that we can give them. From the repetition of sound to the development of vocabulary and grammar, exposing your child to reading is a tool that will develop listening skills, concentration, and comprehension.

Natalie Rompella’s Edgar, Allan, and Poe, and the Tell-Tale Beets invokes discussion from 4 to 8 year old children as they journey through the mischievous doings of three young brothers and their desire to win the mealtime battle. A top-rated children’s picture book, the sound of the beet, beet, liver, liver resonates from the imaginatively illustrated pages of this reworking of the Edgar Allan Poe’s classic. Laughter is sure to be heard when Edgar, Allan, and Poe can no longer contain the evidence of where the squash resides. A clever and contagiously funny look at mealtime, Rompello addresses the issue of honesty and the consequences that arise from guilt.