Want Your Child To Eat Veggies? Read This!

Sassy Smith — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:33:00 GMT

A lot of parents have the same time honored battle with their little ones and getting them to eat their veggies. Are you one of those frustrated parents who would just love to see your child eat some carrots or broccoli? Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley may just have the solution to your struggles.

Kimberly, 36, along with her father, Gurney Williams have written a new children's book, "Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden," and the goal is to encourage kids to love their veggies and also gives readers a look into Kimberly's life on her Tennessee ranch with her country music star husband, Brad Paisley and their adorable 15-month-old son, Huck.

The book, was also penned in support of the Love Your Veggies Nationwide School Lunch Campaign, which is now in it's second year. The program offered $10,000 nutrition education grants to one elementary school in each state. To read more on the organization - www.LoveYourVeggiesGrants.org .

This book sounds adorable and a great way to get kids to eat healthier. It will be sold exclusively online for $5.00, as well as 10,000 copies of Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden will be donated to Books from the Heart - a national non-profit organization that helps put books in the hands of kids living below the poverty line.

Getting your kids to love vegetables (and eat them!) and help other children with less - sounds like a win-win situation.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley is best known for her "Father of the Bride" character Annie Banks, and she currently stars as Dana on ABC's sitcom, According to Jim.

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Freckleface Strawberry aka Julianne Moore

Sassy Smith — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:03:00 GMT

What could be cuter than a red headed, freckle faced girl (and no I'm not biased because I am one, ha)? Julianne Moore has penned a, semi autobiographical book, called Freckleface Strawberry.

Moore was in New York City to read her new children's book, at J. Crew on Thursday. She said that as a young child of 7, living in Omaha, other kids used to call her the nickname, Freckleface Strawberry and that she hated it. I kinda like it! As a kid, I was called "red headed woodpecker", "big red and/or little red", "carrot top" and other crappy "red head" nicknames. I would totally take "Freckleface Strawberry" over the stupid ones I got.

Julianne said she wrote the book because she's always loved reading books as a kid. She spent alot of time reading while growing up because she and her family moved so much. She's always thought of herself as a reader rather than a writer so she's enjoying a world that she was always such a fan of.

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Want Your Child To Eat Veggies? Read This!

Freckleface Strawberry aka Julianne Moore