This fun and silly picture book features a character who will not eat the colour green. The light nature of the book might speak to picky eaters without being confrontational, yet the moral of the story is that when she does try green grapes she enjoys them, so the message is that trying new things can be a positive. The rhythmic and repetitive nature of the story will also make it enjoyable to listen to and may make it easier for children to learn to read. I would recommend this book. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review I do not eat the color green.

3.5 stars
Cute book about trying to expand your dietary preferences and hating vegetables. Good for story times!

Do you know a picky eater, I sure do. In I Do Not Eat the Color Green! we meet a young Marlene McKean who is quite adamant that she does not eat anything that is green in color, of course this includes most vegetables Hmmm. Her brother loves broccoli and her parents try to get her to eat many different things, but she won't. At parties, she eats all the other stuff (cake, jelly beans etc.) but nothing green. One day she is invited to join the Countess for tea. She sure hopes she doesn't try to serve her anything green. What happens when she can't say no to the Countess? This is a great story about trying things before making judgement. I remember a student I taught who wouldn't eat anything green, but it was because he didn't want to eat vegetables. We have a three bite rule for my grandkids and they usually end up liking what they didn't like before they tried it. A fun rhyming story that was easy to read aloud with its great cadence. The illustrations were wonderful with detail, vibrant colour and fun expression. A book that we enjoyed.

My kids absolutely loved this book. I will be purchasing these for Christmas presents for the nieces and nephews. Keep up the great content!

I Do Not Eat the Color Green! by Lynne Rickards 4/5

I Do Not Eat the Color Green is an adorable picture book that left my cheeks hurting from all the laughing. I love when we come across a book that is beyond relatable, lets us know we aren't the only ones going through something. Marlene McKean is a kid that does not eat any food that is green, being a picky eater myself I totally understand. Avoiding all the foods that are green can be hard when a countess invites you over for a fancy feast. This is a fun story that we all enjoyed reading.

*thank you to Netgalley, Windmill Books and Lynne Rickards for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*


4 stars.

This was such a fun book to read. It got a few laughs out of me. I can see this being a hit with small kids.

Told in rhythm, it is a silly, playful story about a girl who absolutely hates the colour green. She refuses to eat anything green no matter what. That is until someone comes along and offers her green food and she doesn't want to appear rude so she takes it and discovers, she actually enjoys it.

You kinda have to ignore that she didn't mind being rude to everyone else but like I said, this is a fun, silly book, playful book and these never have to make much sense.

Also need to say I enjoyed the illustrations. I think they worked well with the text.

Definitely recommend this.

Marlene is a fussy eater who dislikes green food. All changes until she was invited by the countess for tea.
Hilarious book with a story expressed in rhymes, and the book's vibrant illustration is a cherry on the top. Ideal for young readers to teach that trying new food is not bad after all.

Absolutely loved this story (as an adult who still will not eat green sweets) it really touched my heart. I read it to a six year old girl who loved it too, The pictures were quite basic but still adorable, and the story had a lovely end the little girl showed her good manners. Thank you netgalley for the advanced copy

As the title implies, this book follows a little girl who does not eat anything that is green. This includes treats as well as vegetables. The story is told in rhymes and is told from the perspective of the girl as she talks about how her family tries to get her to eat green foods, but she is not budging.

While I appreciate the premise of the story and know that many kids are picky eaters, I don't think this story went about addressing it in a productive way. The main character talks about how her parents beg, trick, and yell at her to eat green foods but that doesn't work. What does work? A random fancy lady who invites her to tea offers her grapes. This part of the story didn't make much sense to me at all.

Kids may enjoy this book for the rhymes and the art, but I think there are many other better choices out there to talk to kids about picky eating.

A book about a little girl who refused to eat anything green, including sweets and treats. She describes herself as near-perfect, says that her parents are mean, and then randomly gets invited to a tea party from a countess. When the countess offers her a bunch of green grapes, she suddenly acquiesces because it would be rude not to eat them. I could not warm up to Marlene McKean, and the countess came out of nowhere. The premise of the book is great because so many kids struggle with color aversion and are picky eaters, but I just did not enjoy the story and would not read this to my children.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I Do Not Eat the Color Green! By Lynne Rickards follows Marlene McKean as she shares her incredible distaste for all things green. Between the bright, bubbly illustrations and the reluctance to eat green food, this will appeal to many young readers. The text is written in fun rhymes adding to the fascination for kids.

I requested this ARC on NetGalley because I have a very picky five year old boy. I was hoping this book might encourage him to branch out and try new foods. Unfortunately he wasn’t as excited to read it as I hoped, I think because this book would be more appealing to little girls. The illustrations are heavy on shades of pink and purple and Marlene learns she likes green food while attending a tea party. As a parent I would have also liked if the story continued after Marlene discovered that green food can be delicious too. Perhaps she could go back and try some of the other foods she previously refused.

If you have a picky eater, who loves all things fun and girly, this would be an excellent read!

I chose this book to read to my green food hating 7 year old. She giggled and laughed as we went through while Marlene McKean lamented on all of the green things she DOES NOT eat while also making comments about how she agreed with Marlene. The ending was perfect and a little eye opening for my girl.

A rhyming children’s book about a girl who refuses to eat the color green. It was kinda funny to see all the things she refused to eat. A countess finally invites her to tea and offers her green fruit, and she caves in and accepts it, and learns she likes it.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

This fun, rhyming text is remind me of Green Eggs and Ham. The finicky narrator resists many an item as she refuses to eat foods that are green. Her protests eventually give way and she makes a shocking discovery.

Marlene McKean is a nearly perfect child... but she does not eat her greens.

This was a fun and catchy read made even more vibrant with rich illustrations. I enjoyed the story but the ending was disappointing as I expected so much more.

Joyful rhymed narrative of a picky eater, basing her food intake on avoiding one colour at all costs – until decorum leaves her with no alternative. Yes, the way she gets to face her fears of ingesting green things is more than a bit fanciful, but this is just about winning enough for us to ignore that. First out in 2010, this is not the first time this has been revived, and the simple pleasure of it all is obvious as the reason why.

I was excited to pick up this book to read to my kids because, like Marlene the main character, my kids refuse to eat anything green! I was hoping this would be a cute yet robust story about a child overcoming her fear of green foods. While Marlene does eat two green foods in the end, there is almost no progression/arc as to how she overcame her dislike/fear. She randomly gets invited to a tea party at the house of a countess (a stranger) and she goes alone and eats some grapes. Huh? We were all a little confused there, especially since up to that point nothing “fairy tale” was integrated in the book; one page is all about the lunch ladies at school- very pedestrian- so the countess comes out of nowhere. I also didn’t love the first page where Marlene talks about being “nearly perfect” because she’s “never bold.” Since when is never being bold a characteristic we associate with perfect children? Overall, it was clumsy and just didn’t have much progression/problem solution methods and didn’t keep my kids engaged.

Thanks to NetGalley and Windmill Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. A little girl does not eat anything the color green. Her parents try and try and it isn't until she finds out that sweet things can be good and green does she change her mind.

My four year old and I loved this book! He instantly picked up on the repetition in the book, and would join in with me. It also prompted a great discussion as we read the story as to which green foods he loves, which continued throughout the rest of our day! It would definitely be a great story for a picky eating phase.

A book that proves kids would rather do what they are told by a stranger than by their own parents.

Marlene is a picky eater when it comes to colours. She is not willing to eat, or even try, anything green. Her parents try every trick, but she is stubborn. Until one day a countess invites her to a party, with delicious food, cakes, cookies and anything you can dream of. The countess offers Marlene a bunch of green grapes and she is too polite to refuse. To her own amazement, she likes the fruit a lot.

I appreciate each and every children's book that promotes healthy food and openness to new things. The story I find a bit clumsy, but the illustrations and colours are beautiful.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Windmill Books for an Advance Review Copy.