The Fearless Food Explorer
Written by Sarah Auriemma, MS, CCC-SLP
Illustrated by Donna Schafer
The Fearless Food Explorer: Steps to Learning About a New Food is a playful children’s book that helps make trying unfamiliar foods feel less intimidating and more like an adventure. Created by a Speech-Language Pathologist and pediatric feeding specialist, it gives children a gentle, encouraging way to explore new foods while also offering practical support for parents.
Working with Sarah on this project was such a lovely experience, and the subject felt especially meaningful to me as a parent of a child with ARFID. I really enjoyed bringing the little explorer and his food adventures to life with warm, expressive illustrations that supported the book’s positive and reassuring approach.
Copies ordered directly through Ocean Pediatric Feeding also include a Bonus Explorer Pack with extra tools designed to help families use the ideas from the book during real mealtimes.