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Hot Food: Nice!

(A Silly Read-Aloud About Family, Food, and One Very Hot Potato - For Kids Ages 3-7)

Author Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Neal Layton
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Hardcover
$14.99 US
Candlewick
8.75"W x 10.5"H x 0.33"D   | 12 oz | 40 per carton
On sale Jan 13, 2026 | 32 Pages | 9781536250060
Age 3-7 years | Preschool - 2
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Michael Rosen’s hilarious viral video poem is brought to life in picture book form by award-winning illustrator Neal Layton.

Young Michael thinks his dad knows everything. That is, until the fateful day when his family sits down to eat, and the potato is a bit hot. Michael knows to blow on the potato before eating, as does his brother and his mom. So why does his dad pop it straight into his mouth? Michael Rosen’s amusing retelling of the tale of his dad and the too-hot potato has become one of his most widely beloved poems, with his own performance of it inspiring a meme: “Nice!” A funny slice of family life, told in delightful repetitive text, Hot Food: Nice! is published for the first time as a picture book with bold, silly illustrations sure to charm readers of all ages.
The tale provides one of those intensely satisfying moments in a child’s life when they prove more capable than their parents. . . . A fun slice of life and a universal moment with just a tincture of gross-out humor for spice.
—Kirkus Reviews

Pencil and digital media illustrations from Layton (Danny McGee Drinks the Sea) go big and broad, capturing one of those moments of small-potatoes domestic slapstick that immediately becomes treasured family lore.
—Publishers Weekly
Michael Rosen is a poet and the author of many books for children, including We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, which won the Nestlé Smarties Children’s Book Prize; A Great Big Cuddle, illustrated by Chris Riddell; and Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake. He received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children’s literature in 1997 and served as Children’s Laureate in the UK between 2007 and 2009. Michael Rosen lives in London.

Neal Layton has illustrated more than eighty books for children. His books have won the UK’s prestigious Nestlé Smarties Children’s Book Prize and been short-listed for many other awards. He lives in England.
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Michael Rosen’s hilarious viral video poem is brought to life in picture book form by award-winning illustrator Neal Layton.

Young Michael thinks his dad knows everything. That is, until the fateful day when his family sits down to eat, and the potato is a bit hot. Michael knows to blow on the potato before eating, as does his brother and his mom. So why does his dad pop it straight into his mouth? Michael Rosen’s amusing retelling of the tale of his dad and the too-hot potato has become one of his most widely beloved poems, with his own performance of it inspiring a meme: “Nice!” A funny slice of family life, told in delightful repetitive text, Hot Food: Nice! is published for the first time as a picture book with bold, silly illustrations sure to charm readers of all ages.

Praise

The tale provides one of those intensely satisfying moments in a child’s life when they prove more capable than their parents. . . . A fun slice of life and a universal moment with just a tincture of gross-out humor for spice.
—Kirkus Reviews

Pencil and digital media illustrations from Layton (Danny McGee Drinks the Sea) go big and broad, capturing one of those moments of small-potatoes domestic slapstick that immediately becomes treasured family lore.
—Publishers Weekly

Author

Michael Rosen is a poet and the author of many books for children, including We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, which won the Nestlé Smarties Children’s Book Prize; A Great Big Cuddle, illustrated by Chris Riddell; and Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake. He received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children’s literature in 1997 and served as Children’s Laureate in the UK between 2007 and 2009. Michael Rosen lives in London.

Neal Layton has illustrated more than eighty books for children. His books have won the UK’s prestigious Nestlé Smarties Children’s Book Prize and been short-listed for many other awards. He lives in England.
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Neal Layton View titles by Neal Layton

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