Kids
Books About
Dinner from Dirt:
Ten Meals Kids Can Grow and Cook
This book tells kids how to make their
own soup garden, pizza garden, spud garden and so on. And not only
does it give them instructions for growing the necessary plants, but it
also provides them with simple recipes and cooking instructions.
Delights include sugar n spice pumpkin
bars and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
 Eating
the Alphabet
(Board book)
by Lois Ehlert
This appetizing alphabet book
shows fruits and vegetables so juicy and alive, you'll wish they
could jump off the page and into your mouth. Even vegetable haters
will find it hard to resist the vibrantly colored collage
illustrations, which make each item look fascinating and appealing.
Long a favorite picture book, this title is now available in a
smaller board book edition, just right for introducing toddlers to
the mysteries of endive, kiwifruit and papaya. Booklist
called the original "bright, bold... well designed."
From Publishers Weekly
"Apple to Zucchini, / come take a look. / Start eating your way /
through this alphabet book." So begins this delectable feast of
fruits and vegetables, in a diverse and plentiful array. Each turn
of the page reveals a mouth-watering arrangement of foods: Indian
corn, jalapeno, jicama, kumquat, kiwifruit and kohlrabi. The words
are shown in capital and lowercase letters set in bold type for easy
reading. At the end of the book, Ehlert provides a detailed glossary
that includes pronunciation, botanical information, the origin and
history of the particular plant and occasional mythological
references, with a small watercolor picture to remind the reader of
what the plant looks like. Ehlert's glorious watercolor collages are
lively and enticing; as in her Growing Vegetable Soup , she presents
the plant world in an appealing and easily accessible manner. Both
parents and children will be encouraged to sample exotic new foods
at mealtime.
Ages 1-5.
Activity Ideas
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Nutrition Related Lesson Plan
Printable Checklist for Produce Tasting
Game for Playing in the Car
Growing Vegetable Soup
(Paperback)
by Lois Ehlert
Using her characteristically vibrant
palette, Ehlert details the raising of a vegetable garden to make "the
best soup ever." A recipe is included in this book which PW termed a
"zesty introduction to vivid abstract art." Ages 2-7.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1 This is the boldest, brassiest garden book to
hit the market, and what a delight. Intensely colored graphics capture
the complete growing process from seed to cooking pot, with the focus on
the plants. The unseen narrator describes the process of growing
vegetable soup, from preparing the tools and digging holes for the seeds
to weeding plants; picking vegetables; washing, chopping, and cooking
them and finally enjoying the homemade soup while planning to grow more
next year. It's a fresh presentation of the gardening cycle with a
joyful conclusion, and the added attraction of an easy and tasty recipe
for vegetable soup on the flyleaf. A book to help nourish healthy
readers. Barbara Peklo Serling, Oneida City Schools, N.Y.
Reading Rainbow Review
LESSON PLAN
From Wheat to Pasta
by Robert Egan
Describes, in text and photographs,
the steps in making various kinds of pasta from growing and harvesting
the wheat through the grinding of the flour to making the dough and
shaping the final product.
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