Let's Eat!

This month's theme for story time is food and eating.  Each week we are focusing on a different type of food including veggies, meat, fruits, and sweets.  Here are some other great picture books to go along with our story times this month.

Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza
Badger is bored with the same old meals, but his search for more exciting food only leads to trouble.

Soup for One by Ethan Long
A little fly who anticipates enjoying a big bowl of hot soup is unexpectedly joined by a sequence of interlopers who help themselves to his lunch one by one until their number reaches ten.

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.

Hey, Pancakes! by Tamson Weston
The day gets off to a rough start, but soon the smell of pancakes fills the air and a family gathers for a breakfast feast.

Edible Numbers by Jennifer Bass
A colorful and delicious counting book featuring an array of familiar and unfamiliar fruits and vegetables.


More Food Books --
Armadilly Chili by Helen Ketteman
Before We Eat: From Farm to Tables by Pat Brisson
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Chew, Chew, Gulp! by Lauren Thompson
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by  Judi Barrett
Eat Healthy, Feel Great! by William Sears
Fortune Cookies by A. Bitterman
Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant by April Pulley Sayre
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans by David LaRochelle
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
The Lion's Share by Matthew McElligott
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Me Hungry! by Jeremy Tankard
The Milkman by Carol Corsden
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Felming
On the Farm, At the Market by G. Brian Karas
Peanut Butter & (Jelly) Brains by Joe McGee
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin
Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra
Yuck! by Nick Manning

Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through 28, 2016.

Are You Hungry for a Good Book?

With Thanksgiving and the holidays fast approaching, our thoughts often turn to all the great food that we'll be eating.  That brings to mind some of my favorite books about food and eating for young children . . . .

Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza
Badger is bored with the same old meals, but his search for more exciting food only leads to trouble.

Cupcake! by Charise Mericle Harper
Cupcake, feeling drab because he is only vanilla, and his friend, Candle, come up with a plan to make themselves stand out in the crowd.

Gator Gumbo by Candace Fleming
A hungry alligator, slow with age, hopes to catch some good meat to add to his spicy gumbo.

Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.

Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson
Grandad bakes Grandma a whopper of a birthday cake. Includes recipe and directions for chocolate cake.


More Books About Food --
Armadillo's Orange by Jim Arnosky
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Duck Soup by  Jackie Urbanovic
Grandpa's Garden Lunch by  Judith Caseley
I Will Never NOT Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges
Old MacDonald in the City by Suzanne Williams
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg
Take Me to Your BBQ by Kathy Duval
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont