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Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist - State of Michigan

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Pizza at Sally’s<br />

Wellington, Monica 1 2 F<br />

Dutton Children’s Books, 2006<br />

Sally the pizza maker grows tomatoes in the community garden, buys cheese from the store next door, and orders flour<br />

from wheat farms. She cuts, chops, stirs, and simmers to make her famous pizza. Ethnically-diverse customers flock to<br />

Sally’s Pizzeria to eat pizza. This charming story with its colorful illustrations helps little pizza lovers discover how pizza<br />

is made. The book concludes with Sally’s Pizza Recipe.<br />

Pizza Counting<br />

Dobson, Christina 2 2 N<br />

Charlesbridge Publishing, 2003<br />

What’s more appealing than page after page <strong>of</strong> mouth watering pizzas? Accompanied by interesting pizza facts and<br />

tasty toppings, these colorful pizzas provide opportunities for counting, adding, multiplying, and using fractions in clever<br />

ways.<br />

Pizza Party!<br />

Maccarone, Grace 2 2 F<br />

Scholastic Inc., 1994<br />

Appealing multicultural illustrations and a simple text take children through the steps <strong>of</strong> making a pizza. Beginning<br />

readers will enjoy reading this Hello Reader! Preschool – Grade 1 book independently. It can be used as a springboard<br />

to a classroom cooking or pizza-making experience.<br />

Pizza That We Made, The<br />

Holub, Joan 1 3 F<br />

Puffin Books, 2001<br />

A Puffin Easy-to-Read book (level 2, grades K-2), this story describes how Suzanne, Max and Jake make a pizza, clean<br />

up their mess and eat the yummy pizza. The book concludes with a recipe for pizza. The simple text uses rhyming and<br />

repetition enhanced by bright, appealing illustrations.<br />

Play It Safe<br />

Mayer, Mercer 5 3 F<br />

McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing, 2004<br />

A level 2 book, K-1 in the First Reader series, this story describes “bike safety day” at school and the important things<br />

Officer Bow Wow teaches the Little Critters. The simple text with repetitive language is enhanced with the charming<br />

illustrations. The book concludes with seven pages <strong>of</strong> educational activities and support material.<br />

Popcorn<br />

Moran, Alex 1 3 F<br />

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999<br />

This Green Light Reader K - Grade 1 book about popping too much popcorn uses simple text and whimsical<br />

illustrations. The rhyming words and short sentences make it fun to use as a chant. Beginning readers will enjoy being<br />

able to read it independently. The back cover includes a paragraph titled, “Meet the Illustrator.”<br />

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