Jennifer Cooper-Trent
What We Eat
Story by Jennifer Cooper-Trent Illustrations by Anthony Mitchell
What we eat,
goes into our feet.
So we can run, run, run
and have fun, fun, fun.
What we eat now and then,
is a big fat red speckled hen.
We chase it all
around the chicken pen.
What we eat, then and
now, is a black and white
spotted cow.
Boy, are they hard to catch.
Wow!
What we eat now and then
and there, is a cranky old
crocodile - if you dare.
Watch out! Here he comes,
his sharp teeth are bare.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
What we eat, now
and then and where, is
ice-cream at the school fair.
We even get sweets
for our friends to share.
What we eat now is bush
tucker and fresh fruit.
It gives us energy so we
can scoot, scoot, scoot.
What we eat are eggs
and freshly caught fish.
With lots of bush tucker,
it’s a tasty dish.
What we eat is
what we are.
Strong and healthy
so we can run far.
What food we eat now,
becomes you and me.
So we can be healthy
and live happily!
What we eat now and then, is a
speckled hen, then and now, is a
spotted cow.
Now and then and there,
is a crocodile (if you dare).
Watch out his sharp teeth are bare.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
This book series is funded by:
www.aboriginalliteracyfoundation.org
About the Artist About the Author
Bibi Barba is an acclaimed Indigenous Artist and Inventor, with Jennifer Cooper-Trent is a children’s book author who has
a strong sense of story-telling which represents the dreamtime written over 60 books including the Fantastic Phonics reading
program and a ”A Hit on the Head and Where it Led”.
of Indigenous art.
www.bibibarba.com.au Fantastic Phonics is used in 250 Indigenous schools in Australia,
2300 Liberian schools and in 2700 Rwandan schools. The
Published in Australia. Edit and designed by Donn Trent. program is given to aid agencies and charities, free of charge.
www.earlyreadingproductions.com www.TeachtheWorldtoRead.com
About the Cover Art About the Illustrator
The cover art explores the theme ‘Safe Play’. The circles and Anthony Mitchell is an accomplished children’s illustrator
lines represent roads and pathways, smaller circles are uncles for books and cartoons. His work has appeared in more
and aunties worrying about our safety, and children talking than 60 books and publications.
about safety. The red and orange circles means we need to
be careful and stop, and the dots represent the outback. www.mitchart.webs.com
© Jennifer Cooper-Trent 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this The information in this book is based on a children’s story. If
publication may be reproduced, shared in a retrieval system or you have any questions about head injury you should seek
transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of professional advice as needed.
Fantastic Phonics, NSW Australia.
ISBN: 978-1-74078-000-1
