Bee-Bim Bop!By Linda Sue Park

Tacos! An InteractiveActivity Book By Lotta Nieminen

What's on Your Plate?Exploring the Food of

the WorldBy Whitney Stewart

Magda's Tortillas ByBecky Chavarria-Chairez. After years of watchingher Abuela make tortillas,Magda Madrigal feelsconfident that she, too,can make her own.Though she has studiedthe techniques of amaster, there are still afew surprises for Magdaand her family.

I Know an Old Lady WhoSwallowed a Pie ByAlison Jackson. In this take-off of thesong, "I Know an Old LadyWho Swallowed a Fly", awoman rudely eatseverything at aThanksgiving feast!

I Will Never Not EverEat a Tomato ByLauren Child. Picky eater Lola isconvinced by her sisterCharlie to eat fruits andvegetables throughimaginative, outlandishstories. Eating the Alphabet By

Lois Ehlert. A colorful ABC book witha great presentation of avariety of foods bothcommon and uncommon,that may entice kids totaste.

Bee-Bim Bop! By LindaSue Park. In bouncy rhyming text, ahungry child tells abouthelping her mother makea traditional Korean dish:shopping, preparingingredients, setting thetable, and finally sittingdown with her family toenjoy a favorite meal.

Germs are not forsharing By ElizabethVerdick. Achoo! What to do?Rather than focus onwhat germs are, this bookteaches the basics of notspreading them. Child-friendly words and full-color illustrations helplittle ones stay clean andhealthy.

Pre-K-2nd Grade

Pre-K-2nd Grade

Daniel Tries a New FoodBy Becky Friedman. Daniel and Miss Elaina arenervous to try new foodthat Mom Tiger is makingfor them. With some helpfrom Mom and Dad, theylearns that they’ve got totry new foods becausethey might taste good!This delightful story isperfect for helping littleones understand thattrying new food can befun!

The Ugly Vegetables ByGrace Lin. In this charming storyabout celebratingdifferences, a Chinese-American girl wishes fora garden of brightflowers instead of onefull of bumpy, ugly,vegetables.Nevertheless, motherassures her that "theseare better than flowers."

Up in the Garden andDown in the Dirt ByKate Messner. A great representationof what goes on duringthe gardening process.Learn about the lifecycle of dirt and how itchanges with theseasons.

Planting A Rainbow ByLois Ehlert. Planting a Rainbowexplains the gardeningprocess from seedplanting to fullblossom.

Julia, Child By KyoMaclear.Two young friends sharetheir cooking adventuresand love of childhood.

K-4th Grade

Dumpling Soup By JamaKim Rattigan. A young Hawaiian girl triesto make dumplings for herfamily's New Yearcelebration.This story celebrates thejoyful mix of food,customs and languages ofmany cultures.

D.W. the Picky EaterBy Marc Brown. Arthur the Aardvark'ssister, D.W., is a pickyeater. The familyleaves her at homewhen they go out toeat until D.W. decidesshe might be missingsomething good bybeing so picky.Tacos! An Interactive

Recipe Cookbook ByLotta Nieminen. Learn how to maketacos! Perfect for a realor play kitchen!

Dinosaurs Alive andWell; A Guide toGood Health ByLaurie Krasny Brownand Marc Brown. Colorful and brightdinosaurs provide kidswith a blueprint togood health. Nutrition,exercise and fitnessare some of the topicsthat are encountered.

The Year of the GardenBy Andrea Cheng. This book shares thejourney of a young girlwho strives for a perfectgarden. She runs intobumps and issues alongthe way, making herunderstand theimportance of all partsof the garden, weedsand all!

Fanny at Chez Panisse:A Child's RestaurantAdventures With 46Recipes By Alice L.Walters. A daughter takes youthrough what its like to bea part of a restaurantgrowing up. Simplerecipes are provided tomake at home with limitedingredients.

K-4th Grade

The Magic School BusPlants a Seed ByJoanna Cole. Mrs. Frizzle takes herclass on the magicschool bus to learnabout the basic partsof the plant.

Feast for 10 ByCathryn Falwell. A counting bookthat features anAfrican-Americanfamily shopping forfood, preparingdinner, and sittingdown to eat. Livelyread-aloud textpaired with brightcollage illustrations.

Pick, Pull, Snap!Where Once a FlowerBloom By LolaShaefaer. Follow along throughthis poetic account ofa basic introduction toplant growth andbloom

Gregory, the TerribleEater By MichellSharmat. Gregory the goat likeseggs, vegetables, fruitand fish. But hisparents want him toeat garbage!

2nd-5th Grade

The Monster HealthBook By Edward Miller. With concisediscussions of each ofthe food groups and thenewly redesigned foodpyramid, Ed Miller looksat all aspects of healthand nutrition in thisaccessible andinformative book.

Pizza (Cook in a Book)By Lotta Nieminen.Learn how to make pizzain those mostinteractive way possible!Perfect for a real orplay kitchen!

Flip, Float, Fly: Seedson the Move By JoAnnEarly Macken. Learn about seeddistribution and theirjourney from sky toground

It's Disgusting and WeAte It! True Food Factsfrom Around the WorldBy James Solheim. A fun way to learn aboutfoods from around theworld even when theymight not sound themost appetizing!

What's On Your Plate?Exploring the Food ofthe World By WhitneyStewart. Go on a journey to learnabout what differentpeople eat throughout theworld. 14countries and theircuisines are highlightedwith their differentcuisines, cultures, andtraditions.

Karl, Get Out of theGarden By AnitaSanchez. Learn about Carolus(Karl) Linnaeus and hislove of the garden.Engage and find outabout the scientificnames of plants,cuisines, cultures, andtraditions.

We are the GardenersBy Joanna Gaines.A family chronicles theadventures of theirtimes in the garden.They face obstaclesof bunnies and weeds,but work together tomake it grown and last!

Fry Bread: A NativeAmerican FamilyStory By Kevin NobleMaillard. This book celebrateswarm, delicious frybread and theconnections it makes.Fry bread is us. It is acelebration of old andnew, traditional andmodern, similarity anddifference.

Rainbow Stew ByCathryn Falwell. It's a rainy summer day,but the colorfulvegetables in grandpa'sgarden are just waitingto be picked! So manydelicious ingredients toslice, chop, peel and dicefor a great big pot ofmouth-wateringRainbow Stew.

Too Many Tamales ByGary Soto. This is the story of atreasure thought to belost in a batch oftamales and the warmway a family pullstogether to make it aperfect Christmas afterall.

Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat:A Chanukah Story By NaomiHowland. Sadie and her siblings'Chanukah is transformedwhen Sadie receives a fryingpan that cooks up sizzlinglatkes on command. She tellsher brothers never to use themagic pan, but themischievous boys can't resist.

Cora Cooks Pancit ByDorina K Lazo Gilmore. Cora loves being in thekitchen, but she always getsstuck doing the kid jobs likelicking the spoon. One day,Cora finally gets the chanceto be Mama's assistant chefand make pancit, her favoritenoodle dish.

Bring Me Some Apples andI'll Make You a Pie ByRobbin Gourley. Long before the natural-foodmovement gained popularity,Edna Lewis championedpurity of ingredients, regionalcuisine, and farm-to-tableeating. She was a chef whenAfrican American femalechefs were few and farbetween. In this book, RobbinGourley traces the roots ofEdna's appreciation for thebounties of nature throughthe seasons.

AROUND THE WORLD

Magic Ramen: The Storyof Momofuku Ande ByAndrea Wang. Inspiration struck whenMomofuku Ando spottedthe long lines for ramenfollowing WWII. MagicRamen tells the true storybehind the creation of oneof the world's mostpopular foods.

My Food, Your Food, OurFood By Andrea Wang. We all like different food,but everybody needs toeat! How Are We Alike andDifferent? Find out in MyFood, Your Food, Our Food.

Ganesha's SweetTooth By Sanjay Patel. The bold, bright colors ofIndia leap off the page inthis fresh and funnyretelling of how Ganeshacame to help write theepic poem of Hinduliterature, theMahabharata. With thehelp of the poet Vyasa,and his friend Mr. Mouse,Ganesha learns thatwhat seems broken canbe quite useful after all.

Amy Wu and thePerfect Bao By KatZhang.Meet the funny, fierce,and fearless Amy Wu,who is determined tomake a perfect bao buntoday. Can she rise tothe occasion?

Green is a Chile Pepper:A Book of Colors ByRoseanne GreenfieldTong.This lively picture bookpresents a slice of Latinoculture through food andfun and helps childrendiscover a world of colorsall around them.

AROUND THE WORLD