Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan
Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan
Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan
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Title TN Message Rating F/N<br />
Making Minestrone<br />
Blackstone, Stella 2 2 N<br />
Barefoot Books, 2000<br />
Multicultural illustrations featuring lively children surrounded by friendly animals show them exploring the garden and<br />
gathering vegetables to make minestrone soup. The rhyming text celebrates gifts <strong>of</strong> nature to make a nourishing soup.<br />
The recipe, included in this picture book, could be used for a class cooking project.<br />
Marge’s Diner<br />
Gibbons, Gail 1 3 N<br />
Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1989<br />
Classified as nonfiction, this picture book tells about a typical day in the life <strong>of</strong> Marge, her diner, and the people who eat<br />
and work there. Open 24 hours a day, the diner is a microcosm <strong>of</strong> small town life. Teachers could use this book to start<br />
a discussion on restaurants and ask students to develop a menu for their own restaurant.<br />
Market Day<br />
Ehlert, Lois 1 3 F<br />
Harcourt, Inc., 2000<br />
Using bold, folk art-collage illustrations, author/illustrator, Lois Ehlert, tells the simple story <strong>of</strong> a family taking its farm<br />
produce to market in the town square. This picture book includes a section called “Where did they come from? What<br />
are they made <strong>of</strong>?” It identifies the country <strong>of</strong> origin and describes the materials that make up the objects in her collage<br />
illustrations.<br />
Markets<br />
Chanko, Pamela and Samantha Berger 1 2 N<br />
Scholastic Inc., 1999<br />
This easy-to-read informational book, part <strong>of</strong> the Emergent Readers series, asks the question: What do markets sell?<br />
It then answers the question using colorful photographs and simple sentences with repeating phrases. The book<br />
concludes with two pages <strong>of</strong> more detailed information for the teacher or parent. This format could be easily adapted<br />
for the class to make their own informational books.<br />
Max and Ruby’s Midas<br />
Wells, Rosemary 1 3 F<br />
Puffin Books, 1995<br />
Max’s big sister is worried because Max loves to eat sweets. She tires to cure him <strong>of</strong> his sweet tooth by reading an<br />
altered version <strong>of</strong> the Greek myth about Midas and the magic touch. This story <strong>of</strong> young Prince Midas, who turns healthy<br />
foods into delicious desserts, is a delightfully witty fantasy with an important message about healthy eating.<br />
Max’s Breakfast<br />
Wells, Rosemary 1 3 F<br />
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985<br />
Constructed <strong>of</strong> heavy cardboard, this book for young children tells the story <strong>of</strong> when Max doesn’t want to eat his egg for<br />
breakfast. Simple text and clever illustrations show how one little rabbit outwits his mother.<br />
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