I honestly don’t know what the author was thinking while she produced this book. It’s about a girls who has a eating disorder for 8 years. Then she is lied and tricked from the only people she should trust in this world “her parents” then her doctor encourages her “disorder/addiction” instead of treating her. Then she eats other food while implementing her addiction to bananas. Honestly what is the msg here? What did you want to relay to children that would be exposed to this book.? Please next time think long and hard before you pick up another pen and decide to produce another book for children.

A funny and cute tale about a little girl with a banana obsession.
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Alana discovers that there are no bananas left in the grocery stores, because a storm has ruined the banana crops in Costa Rica. Her mother and father rush around to find bananas but they can’t find any. Alana refuses to eat anything else and her parents are worried on how to feed her. They rush to find a creative solution: (read the book to find out how they convince Alana to eat other foods).⠀
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While this book is not overtly Islamic, it does hint at Islamic ideas like eating the variety of food that Allah has blessed us with.
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The book also brings up important issues like compost (recycling fruits and vegetables to use for things such as plant fertilizations) and taking care of nature. ⠀
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And it teaches kids about the love and care that parents have towards their children and how they fear for their well-being and nutrition.⠀
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My kids loved the silliness of Alana and the bright pictures of the book. They related to her struggle to eat new foods and they giggled at the creative way her parents introduced her to new foods.

Such a cute book!
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Hilarious but gets some important points across.

1. Where do our bananas come from (Guatemala ?) ? ;) . I think it just creates an environment to have that conversation about local home grown food vs. imported food ,etc.

2. Having a balanced diet.

3. How did those parents get other food into those banana peels ? ;)

And so ... so many more :)

My daughter has a soft spot for Alana as her best friend is also named Alana. Don't you love books that help you get your kids to eat a larger variety of foods? I love the lessons in this book and Alana is so endearing! And yes we save the banana skins for composting, did you know the inside of the skin great to stop the itchiness of mosquito bites?

This is my son's all time favourite book. We have quite a few books from this website and we enjoy all them Alhamdulillah. But he still asks to read this one over and over again no matter how many other great stories we read. Masha'Allah. It's a funny story about a girl who learns to eat different foods the hard way. We've managed to instil in our son the fun of trying different foods alhamdulillah. Always a great fun read.