Food
Create your own storytime at home or in the classroom using this thematic starter. You'll find links to selected books in our catalog on this page and a downloadable PDF that includes additional elements like songs/rhymes and suggested materials.
Enjoy these titles that explore the color, texture, and culture of food!
Books for babies
- Baby Food. Stefanie Paige Wieder.
- Stanley’s Lunch Box. William Bee.
- Yummy yucky =¡ñam! ¡puaj!. Leslie Patricelli.
- Limon. Antonio Rubio.
- One, Two, Three, Dim Sum: A Mandarin-English Counting Book. Rich Lo.
- ¡Ñam!. Canizales.
Books for toddlers
- The Rice in the Rice Pot Goes Round and Round. Wendy Wan-Long Shang.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Lunch.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carle.
- Eat Together. Miguel Ordonez.
- Lunch. Denise Fleming.
- Baby Goes to Market. Atinuke.
- Jamberry. Bruce Degen.
- Growing Vegetable Soup. Lois Ehlert.
- ¡Ñam! Canizales.
- Hay una vaca entre las coles. Clare Beaton.
- It Looked Like Spilt Milk/Nwg Zoo Le Mig Nyuj Nchuav. Charles G. Shaw.
Books for preschoolers
- Fry Bread. Kevin Noble Maillard.
- Sunday Pancakes. Maya Tatsukawa.
- Ice Cream Face. Heidi Woodward Sheffield.
- Paletero Man. Lucky Diaz.
- Chaiwala! Priti Birla Maheshwari.
- Bee-bim Bop! Linda Sue Park.
- Gold. Jed Alexander.
- Cake. Sue Hendra.
- I Will Chomp You! Jory John.
- Abuelita and I Make Flan. Adriana Hernandez Bergstorm.
- The Carrot Seed / Lub Noob Zaub Ntug Hauv Pang Dlaaj. Ruth Krauss.
- Paletero Man: que paletero tan cool. Micah Player.
Books for school-age
- Dumplings for Lili. Melissa Iwai.
- Hungry Johnny. Wesley Ballinger.
- Soul Food Sunday. Winsome Bingham.
- Thank you Omu! Oge Mora.
- Berry Song. Michaela Goade.
- Halal Hot Dogs. Susannah Aziz.
- Si, no comi NADA! Mar Benegas.
- Un lobo con mucha hambre. Silvia Borando.
- Pulpo guisado. Eric Velasquez.
Food teaches us so much! From colors, texture, flavors, shapes, temperature, seasons, culture, and more! As you and your child(ren) share a meal/snack, you can use food as a tool to talk about one of the above.
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