My class are watermelon crazy right now. I can see some great writing coming from this particular book. I love that there was a lesson to learn embedded within a story that will make children laugh and develop their passion for reading.

This is a great book with bold illustrations and an innovative concept. The main character only wants to eat watermelon, but one night she has a vivid dream that puts her off! This prompted an interesting conversation about dreams with my son, and the book was really helpful to explain this.

Watermelon Madness by Taghreed Najjar is a sweet picture book about a girl who wants to eat nothing but watermelon. Through this fun story that will make kids giggle, the young Middle Eastern girl learns that too much watermelon is not a good thing. I loved the fun illustrations in this book and thought it was wonderful how it also mentions foods that are normal in Middle Eastern culture. My seven year old son loved this book and I would absolutely recommend it. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher. These opinions are entirely my own.

Cute story of the over indulgence of watermelon. Is too much of a good thing really too much? I think every kid who really loves one type of food has had these kinds of thoughts. Fun read.

Very fun story! Young Noura only wants to eat watermelon, and rethinks this determination after a zany dream (& presumably a stomach ache that influenced the dream). The illustrations are fun, and I know my story-time kids would love this! It's a great story to read just for fun, but it is also a great conversation starter for talking about moderation, family, ethnic foods, and, of course, watermelons. I love that there is a page with fun facts about watermelons and descriptions of Noura's family foods (molokhiya & zaatar) at the end, too!

Noura is a little girl who loves watermelon, so much so that she refuses to eat anything else, and hides a large watermelon so she can have it all to herself! After hiding it under her bed, she has a dream that teachers her that some wishes aren't meant to come true.

What initially attracted me to this book was the bright colors and the watermelon (who doesn't love watermelon?!?). I have three first graders who are avid readers, and I'm always on the hunt for new books for them. While I loved the illustrations and the concept, something just didn't click for me, I'm afraid.

I am an elementary school art teacher and I read to my students all the time. The pictures in this book are awesome! They are so colorful and fun. I have no doubt children will respond positively to them. This is a story about a little girl that only wants to eat watermelon. She has a surreal dream about eating too much of it. Cute and fun little story. I can see this book being used as a prompt for many things in the classroom.

Watermelon Madness is a creative story about a how one girl's love for Watermelon gets a little out of hand. Maya Fidawi uses an illustration style all her own that perfectly coincides with Taghreed Najjar's writing. This can work in a classroom setting or as a bedtime story.

Watermelon Madness: A Lesson in stubborn children who demand only one food


I'll admit it. I also love watermelons. But not this much, Six year old me can relate.to Noura.Her father wants her to eat molokhiya, their traditional cultural food. But nope, she just wants watermelon. Her mother explains she needs to eat molokhiya to get watermelon.

Things get a little trippy when Noura steals a watermelon and wants to eat it secretly. Nora opens a door into the watermelon, whichi is now giant. Eventually Nora eats so much that she stops due to a stomach ache.

I really enjoyed the Mediterranean background of Noura and her family.

Conclusion
Watermelon madness is ultimately a sweet little story, but lacks any substance or direction. The book gets muddled, despite its intended moral lesson. It is quaint but ultimately forgettable, despite the inclusion of diversity.

First let me thank Netgalley for this digital copy. I saw this book and had to request it because I am a Watermelon Lover. The story follows Noura, a little girl who will only eat watermelon. She soon realizes that eating too much watermelon will make you feel icky. I just loved this book and the illustrations were brightly colored and so cute. I highly recommend this book to everyone of all ages especially to enjoy during Watermelon Summer.

This is a simple story of a girl who loves her favorite food so much that it is all she will eat. She sneaks a watermelon into her room and dreams of eating a watermelon as big as the room, which gives her a stomach ache. It is a cute cautionary story about overeating, but doesn't give much time to develop Noura's character or that of her family beyond the watermelon eating.

Watermelon Madness by Taghreed Najjar
Illustrated by Maya Fidawi
Publisher: CrackBoom! Books
ISBN: 9782924786222

Thanks to NetGalley and publisher CrackBoom! Books by Taghreed Najjar and illustrator Maya Fidawi for the ebook ARC of Watermelon Madness.

Noura is crazy about watermelon! She wants to eat nothing else every day but watermelon. Noura thinks there is no such thing about too much watermelon. And then one night she sneaks a watermelon into her room and dreams about having all of the watermelon she could ever want.

I give this book a rating of 4 stars. I read it to my 4 year old daughter. She really liked the book and the illustrations. She wants me to read it to her again. Very cute story and a good reminder for kids that diet is important. There were also a few fun facts about watermelon at the end of the story.

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This was a cute little book about a little girl who only wants to eat watermelon. I thought the illustration was so pretty and colorfull.

A cute story with fun illustrations, but I'm not sure about the way it ended? I think the moral is supposed to be that too much a good thing isn't so good after all, and after dreaming about eating the entire giant watermelon Noura eats good/healthy breakfast food... But I feel like it could have been tied up a little better at the ending, maybe with a reappearance from the food Noura wouldn't eat at the beginning of the book. Still, the illustrations are cute and this is a good length for a bedtime story.

Been there, done that. Children, and teens too, may happen to go once in a while through a stage when only one single food is all they want. May be potatoes, or apples, or cinnamon buns. Or watermelon, which is not such a bad choice after all, especially when it happens in the summer. This book with funny colourful illustrations tells such a story, of a girl that only wants to eat watermelon, all day long and in her dreams too. The parents will try to stop this madness and somehow, there is a happy ending. Meaning that the watermelon will be on the table to keep company to many other delicious sounding meals.
Especially if you have a child struggling with eating problems of different kinds, this is a good way to understand and try to change this situation. Othwerwise, a pleasant bookish company for the long summer evenings.

An interesting book. The illustrations were different and the food they tried to get her to eat was different than our typical diet so it opened a discussion on other ethnic foods. My kids enjoyed the watermelon facts at the end. It has a good lesson about being a picky eater and refusing to eat other foods.

Das Buch ist sehr liebevoll gestaltet mit einfachen, aber schönen Zeichnungen und Zusatzinformationen (fun facts) am Ende.

The visuals of this book are amazing!! I think the colors and illustrations would immediately pull the reader in! I also loved the diversity in the story and the different food types that would provide a good teaching opportunity for any child who may not be familiar with them. Great book!

Noura is a watermelon addict. Morning, noon and night all she wants to eat is a large chunk of that awesome juicy red fruit. She refuses all other foods, no way, it's only watermelon for her. Her distraught parents try to encourage her to try other foods but stubborn Noura refuses. It's exclusively watermelon on her menu or else. Finally she throws a tantrum at the dinner table after another struggle of trying to get her to eat molokhiya, chicken and rice. Mama has had it and gets angry. She tells her daughter firmly that she must eat her molokhiya first then she can have her beloved watermelon.

That evening Noura sneaks into the kitchen and low and behold what does she find on the table? Yes... a big, beautiful watermelon and she wants to eat it all by herself? She sneaks the watermelon and rolls it under her bed to eat later when everyone is asleep and she can dine solo in perfect bliss.

Can Noura manage to pull off this watermelon caper? What will happen to her if she manages to eat the whole thing all by herself? What consequences of her devious deed just might turn her towards other wholesome foods to eat and save delicious watermelon for dessert purposes as Mama suggests?

Noura learns a wonderful life lesson about being a picky eater and not wanting to branch out and sample different foods. The foods in the story are from the Middle East culture so that is fun for kids to learn about. The book was originally published in Arabic and in the back are fun facts about watermelons. "Watermelon Madness" is a great pick to introduce kids to another culture and will be an asset in a classroom or elementary school library.

This was a really sweet read. ;-) Yea, you like that I just did that. LOL

Noura is a young girl that loves watermelon and want it more and more. I don't want to give away the outcome of the book, but I too wanted more. Cute story!!