Kai's Big Food Discovery Pack

$39 NZD

Before children can learn about nutrition and have a positive relationship with food and eating, they need to understand it.
 
Food isn’t just something children eat.
It’s something they experience and feel every day. We want children to have positive feelings about food and eating.
 
Kai’s Big Food Discovery is a digital children’s picture book, with an audio narration read by the author and a printable activity pack, designed to help children understand the whole essence of food — not just facts.
 
This is food education children can feel, relate to, and remember.
 
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What this book is about

Kai’s Big Food Discovery helps children talk about food in ways that make sense to them, based on what they already experience in everyday life. Through Kai’s adventure, children explore how food gives them energy to run, jump, play, learn, and grow. They discover how food can affect mood, emotions, and how they feel day to day. They also learn that food can be about love, fun, culture, connection, and care — shared with others, not just eaten.

By showing the bigger picture, this book helps children build positive feelings about what food does in their day — giving energy, supporting feelings, and bringing people together — rather than feeling like something they’re told to eat or have to do.

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Video Highlight

This isn’t about teaching children what to eat.
It’s about helping them understand why food matters — in their body, their emotions, in their relationships, and in their life.
Because when children understand food,
everything else has somewhere to grow.
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What Customers Are Saying

Alex

My son had recurring tonsillitis from the age of 2. His only safe food was 2-minute noodles and salmon. When he had his tonsils removed at age 3 we thought it would be revolutionary but unfortunately, a fear of food had already set in. He would go days without eating and as a mum it’s been my biggest cause of stress as a parent on his Hauora. On his 4th birthday, we were gifted Kai’s Big Food Discovery. He picks this book first every night to read and over a few weeks we have seen an incredible interest in food discovery and the impact it has on the body and his wellbeing. At dinner he has started saying a direct quote from the book in relation to his world; “this is going to give me enough energy to run, jump and play” at Kindy. He also has a huge interest in hydration from those pages. Fantastic resource which I am recommending to the other mums who struggle with eating.

Olivia

I wasnt sure if my 4 year old would be interested in this but she often chooses it for her bedtime story. She loves the interactive questions & when i battle to get her to eat certain foods we often refer back to Kai & remember how good food makes us feel! Beautifully illustrated & a great addition for kids of all ages to learn more about how food impacts so many facets of our lives.

Kate

Absolutely stunning book. Positive and holistic way to look at food. Even my teens enjoyed it, shows them that food is soo much more than just fuel.

Donna

My four grandsons love this book (aged 6 – 9) They made it into a game, had lots of laughter and fun, at the same time learning and retaining good lifestyle tips. I totally recommend this book.

Grace

Such a lovely book! Navigates many issues that both kids and adults face day to day and links nicely to nutrition/food in these instances. Cool illustrations that are bright and engaging. Very kiwiana with the characters! Engaging with the questions throughout, my 7 year old enjoyed answering them and also elicited questions from him. Highly recommend for supporting your tamariki and promoting nutrition!

Amanda

Fabulous book that addresses food and health topics I haven’t seen in other children’s books before. Kids love the interactive questions and these have opened up lots of conversation. Highly recommend!!

Meet Kendall, the Author

Kendall North is a NZ Registered Dietitian and Specialist Behaviour Change Coach who helps people rethink their relationship with food, what they want from their body, and their life.

Blending over two decades of clinical dietetic expertise across hospitals, doctors’ practices, and private practice with a background in high-school health teaching, food and nutrition education, professional cooking, sports nutrition and group fitness, Kendall brings a rare combination of science, lived experience, and empathy to her work.

As a mum and lifelong learner, she understands that food is a relationship built through everyday experiences — shaped by feelings, safety, trust, and connection. Children learn about food within this relationship, through what they experience and what’s modelled around them. Kendall has learned that knowing what to eat is rarely the problem; it’s learning how to live well with food, emotions, and real life that makes the difference.

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