Mud Soup
Rosa loves her grandmother’s mud soup but Josh is afraid to try it. Could it really be made of mud? The book includes a recipe for “mud” soup.
Recipe Books
The Ugly Vegetables
A Chinese family grows a garden that is different from everyone else’s in the neighborhood. Instead of beautiful flowers, their garden grows strange vegetables. When it’s time to harvest the veggies and make soup, everyone in the neighborhood comes by for a taste.
Let’s Eat!
This book features a photographic exploration of children around the world and what they eat and cook. It includes several recipes in the back for sweet treats from each continent.
First Garden: The White House Garden and How it Grew
Over the years the US presidents have enjoyed the south lawn of the White House in a variety of ways. When Barack Obama became president, First Lady Michelle Obama decided to plant a kitchen garden on the lawn! With the help of some local school children the south lawn was transformed into an edible garden.
Eat Where You Live
Intended for an adult reader, this book contains recipes, ideas for local foraging, and food preservation tips that can be utilized in classrooms with children of all ages.
Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story
The only kind of soup that the duck, squirrel, and cat eat and enjoy is pumpkin soup, but when they can’t find a ripe pumpkin they are forced to try something new! This book includes a recipe for pink beet soup.
Ana Cultiva Manzanas / Apple Farmer Annie
Available in English and in a Spanish bilingual format, this book is an outstanding introduction to apple production for young readers. The story follows a young apple grower from the farm to the market and ties in with math and science education. A great book for the classroom that includes simple apple recipes.
Veggie Soup
Miss Bun loves cooking recipes from her Great Nana’s cookbook. One day she decides to create her very own recipe for veggie soup and invites her friends over for dinner. But too many cooks in the kitchen leads to disastrous results! The book includes Great Nana’s recipe for veggie soup.
Tiny Tortilla
Juan Carlos has been working hard in his garden, and is dreaming of a delicious tortilla. By the time he makes it to the tortilla stand they have all been sold, except for one tiny ball of dough.