Healthy Eating & Food Safety

Birdie’s Picnic Party

A Tasty Take on Food Safety

A picnic in the sunshine, a basket to pack, and friends to share it with. Along the way children pick up the quiet rules that keep food safe — in rhyme, without a single lecture.

Ages 4–8 English Rhyming picture book Free TadaKit
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Birdie’s Picnic Party book cover

What the book does

a picnic, not a lesson
1

It starts with the fun part

A basket, a blanket and friends waiting. Children come for the picnic — the food safety travels along with it, where it belongs.

2

It rhymes, so it sticks

Wash your hands, keep cold food cold, cover what you carry. In rhyme and in a character’s voice, those turn into lines children repeat.

3

It ends with sharing

The last page is food on a blanket between friends — the reason all the careful bits mattered in the first place.

Why it works

written by a dietitian, read like a story

A story kids will love

Colourful characters and a picnic adventure that make healthy eating feel exciting rather than instructed.

Real-life learning

Gentle, age-appropriate messages about food safety, healthy choices, and the joy of sharing food with friends.

Made for families and classrooms

A good fit for story time, a nutrition lesson, or the conversation about healthy habits that follows either one.

Birdie and a child sorting food picture cards at a table

What comes with it

The book, and everything that keeps the habit going at home and at school

One email unlocks the printable guide — the TadaKit and the book link are open to everyone.

The TadaKit for this book

My Colorful MyPlate Adventure

One plate, five food groups and a box of crayons. Children colour each section, circle a favourite food in every group, then draw a healthy meal of their own — and talk about why they chose it. Free to print.

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The author

Jessica McAnelly

Jessica McAnelly

Food Safety Professional, Registered Dietitian and Registered Sanitarian, with over 20 years across healthcare, regulatory and food service.

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