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SEARCH BY TITLE Title TN Message Rating F/N How My Parents Learned to Eat Friedman, Ina R. 1 3 F Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984 In this lovely picture book, a little girl tells a story of how her parents met in Japan and learned to eat using each other’s family practices. Her father, an American sailor, learned to use chopsticks, and her mother, a young Japanese woman, learned to use a fork, knife, and spoon. Humor and love fill the pages of this multicultural book. How Pizza Came to Queens Khalsa, Dayal Kaur 1 3 F Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1989 What was life like before there was pizza? This delightful story tells how Mrs. Pelligrino, from Italy, came to visit the Penny family in Queens. She speaks little English so no one understands her when she looks around and mournfully says, “No pizza.” The Penny children and their next-door neighbor, May, try to cheer her up and to discover what is in her mysterious green package, but nothing works until the girls go to the library to learn about pizza. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Priceman, Marjorie 1 2 F Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 How do you get ingredients for an apple pie if the market is closed? The answer is quite simple: pack your suitcase and travel around the world from Italy to Sri Lanka to Vermont and gather the ingredients. This charming picture book includes a recipe for apple pie. It could serve as a link to geography, nutrition, and literacy, and the children might make maps to show where other foods come from. I Am an Apple Marzollo, Jean 2 2 N Scholastic Inc., 1997 Using paper-collage illustrations and simple text, this Hello Reader! Preschool – Grade 1 book takes the reader on an apple-growing journey. From bud to ripening apple, through harvest and gathering seeds for future trees, readers learn about the life cycle of an apple. The last page gives children a chance to use the illustrations to retell the story. I Can Move Suhr, Mandy 4 2 N Wayland Publishers, 1991 Part of the I’m Alive series, this informational book explains how our bones and muscles help us move. It has a twopage drawing of a human skeleton with major bones labeled. With simple text and lively, cartoon-style illustrations, it could be used as a read-aloud or read independently by children reading at the first-grade level. The last page contains information for adults about activities to help children learn more about how we move. I Smell Honey Pinkney, Andrea & Brian 1 3 F Red Wagon Books, 1997 This sturdy board book shows a young child in the kitchen, helping mama prepare a delicious meal of sweet potato pie, catfish, red beans, and collard greens. Simple text and large, colorful illustrations combine to produce a warm, appealing book. Page 58 UPDATED MICHIGAN TEAM NUTRITION BOOKLIST
SEARCH BY TITLE Title TN Message Rating F/N I Want My Banana! Risk, Mary 2 3 F Barron’s Educational Series, 1996 One of the titles in the I can read Spanish series, this appealing picture book tells a simple story while introducing young children to a foreign language in a relaxed manner. Using one sentence per page written in both English and Spanish, it tells the story of a monkey who lost his banana, but finds it just in time. The book provides information for parents and teachers, a picture dictionary for key words and a simplified guide to pronouncing Spanish. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Child, Lauren 1 2 F Candlewick Press, 2000 Charlie is supposed to give his little sister, Lola, her dinner, but Lola is a very fussy eater. How Charlie uses his imagination to get Lola to eat makes this a funny and delightful book. Big, bold illustrations accompanied by colorful photos of food add to the appeal. It could serve as a model for creative language activities as children make up other exotic names for ordinary foods just as Charlie did. Ice Cream Including Great Moments in Ice Cream History Older, Jules 3 3 N Charlesbridge Publishing, 2002 Divided into three parts, this book is full of fascinating information about a favorite dessert—ice cream! Written in a breezy style and illustrated with large cartoon-style drawings, the parts are: 1) Making It; 2) Great Moments in Ice Cream History; and 3) What Do You Know About Ice Cream? The book concludes with a list of related books and websites. Icy Watermelon Galindo, Mary Sue 3 3 F Pinata Books, 2000 Using both English and Spanish words on each page, this intergenerational picture book gives a glimpse of traditions and personal experiences. It shows the love and warmth in their family stories evoked by eating watermelons together. This story could serve as a springboard for children to collect family traditions centering on sharing special foods. If You Give A Pig A Pancake Numeroff, Laura 1 3 F Scholastic Inc., 1998 This delightful picture book follows the format made popular in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and other similar titles. It uses the familiar “if-then” pattern as an adorable pig takes a little girl through a series of hilarious adventures. Clever and witty, it’s a perfect way to help young children understand cause and effect while enjoying an imaginative story and appealing illustrations. UPDATED MICHIGAN TEAM NUTRITION BOOKLIST Page 59
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