Book Spotlight in Partnership with Alexa Palmer and Catharine Kaufman
The Children’s Book Review
Jolene: Adventures of a Junk Food Queen has been named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services by the prestigious Mom’s Choice Awards®
About the Book
Jolene: Adventures of a Junk Food Queen
Created by Alexa Palmer and Catharine Kaufman
Illustrated by John Martinez and Hayden Mills
Ages 4-10 | 60 Pages
Publisher: Palmer and Kaufman | ISBN-13: 978-0-615136301
Publisher’s Book Summary: Jolene loves junk food. She loves it so much she wears red licorice in her hair–and pink taffy underwear! The Munch Bunch calls her “The Junk Food Queen.” Then, one night in her dreams, she meets a bunch of cool characters who take her on an incredible, edible journey into a world of juicy fruits, super salads, and yummy smoothies.
Jolene: Adventures of a Junk Food Queen naturally lends itself to lessons on nutrition that would be easily adaptable for every level from preschool through grade school. The authors have also included recipes for healthy smoothies at the back of the book, which makes it even more fun!
—The Children’s Book Review
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About Alexa Palmer
Alexa Palmer resides in Rancho Mirage, California, where she has raised three daughters- Alexandra, Stephanie and Christina. A preschool teacher who has been passionate about writing since the age of 8, Alexa also has a background in performing arts from the University of London and Oxford University. She is a published songwriter formerly studying under the tutelage of the late Buddy Kaye and is excited about launching the musical version she created for Jolene.
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About Catharine Kaufman
Catharine is a nationally syndicated food columnist, blogger, author, magazine writer and TV chef. She credits her growing expertise in good nutrition for her survival and recovery from breast cancer and shares that expertise to help keep her family, friends and fans in good health. Writing her columns under the moniker “The Kitchen Shrink,” Catharine dispenses advice on topics that include smart grocery shopping, food facts and folklore, unforgettable dinners on a shoestring, solving cooking disasters and putting the skids on colds, flu and other ailments with healing ‘food chemistry.’
Showing off her humorous culinary savvy, Catharine was featured in a “Kitchen Shrink” mini series produced by Time-Warner, which included such segments as Kitchen Play Date with Kids, and Pantry Preparedness. She also did a stint as radio host and sidekick of restaurant reviewer and food guru Merrill Shindler on KLSX, Los Angeles. As a founder and partner of www.FreeRangeClub.com, the healthy gourmet cooking and food safety blog, Catharine has been garnering kudos from foodies around the world for her featured columns on that long-established site.
Through its offbeat humor, Catharine’s well-received children’s book with collaborator Alexa Palmer, “Jolene – Adventures of a Junk Food Queen,” motivated her two daughters and other children to participate in her cooking classes, as well as to acquire healthier eating habits than many of their peers. “Jolene…” has also been endorsed by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and is being sold on Amazon and other outlets. Ever since discovering her inner foodie, Catharine has been in her element, focusing her energy and passion on weaning as many people—but especially children and young adults—off toxic foods and guiding them on a fun journey to healthy living.
Thanks for following along with us on the Jolene: Adventures of a Junk Food Queen Book Spotlight sponsored* by Alexa Palmer.
39 Comments
cute cover
Zay really needs this book.
One visit she was tell me about this bear book and the good food that the mama bear had her family eat.
Such an important message to share with young people.
Do you have any advice for new writers?
This sounds like a very cute story.
I would like to read this book. It would be a tough choice whether to give the book to my son for his classroom or keep it for the grandchildren. It would reach more children at the school so sharing it would probably be best.
This sounds like a yummy story!
Love the cover
Zay is learning from books about the good things to eat. and this would just add to the learning
A fun book to read and a delicious story.
zay has learned about healthy eating from another book this book would give her more knowledge
A copy of this book would be a perfect addition to my grandson’s bookcase.
The cover looks so good you almost want to lick it !
It is always fun to have a little 5 yr old girl that you that something you are eating is not good for you. Zay is learning about food and I think she would enjoy this book alot
A deliciously good story.
Oh goodness a wonderfully perfect book for any child!
zay would enjoy learning mor about the right foods
A good read for a sweet tooth.
zay has learned a lot from different books regarding food. And she is learning and this book would add to her knowledge
My grandson would enjoy this book.
I watched zay saturday at her birthday party. There was lots of good food on the table but the only thing zay took was fruit and a couple small turkey roll ups. She is learning about food and needs to continue
This book sounds like a hilarious story.
This book would be perfect for my granddaughters . One is going to be 3 and the other is going to be 5 and they love their bookshelf and especially putting new books in it to read.
zay has a book about good food and she is learning from it. This Jolene book would just add to her knowledge
I would love this book because it is a clever story and who doesn’t like junk food? 🙂
This book is nicely illustrated
when kids learn early about foods they remember
This sounds like a delightful book.
Zay is learning from books about good and bad foods and this would help
Love to give this cool book to my grandson.
zay is learning about food and this sounds like another good one
This book sounds like a yummy story!
Just a wonderful story to read to the children, I am a former teacher then got RSd so battling that for awhile but that didn’t stop me from helping the neighbors children to read as we live in a rural area there aren’t many tutors here. Also to send to my grandkids who live in Ca as their mom is studying to be a teacher and their dad loves to read to them as he remembers all the books we used to read!
I think this would be one of those books that zay would remember. She is learning about food good and bad
A fun book to read with my grandson.
zay has a book about food and has learned a lot from it this would just add to her knowledge
A good book that teaches about nutrition.
I think zay would learn more from this book on food. She is at that stage she is learning
My grandson would really enjoy this book.