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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Summary: From the best-selling author of Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn and Pig the Fibber comes one of the funniest and cheekiest books you'll ever read! "Hey there guys. Would you like a banana? What's wrong with you, Brian? You're a Piranha." Brian is a piranha. He is also a vegetarian. But do you think he can convince his family to join him?
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A young boy and his family discover a way to merge their Chinese and North American backgrounds by combining traditional foods from both cultures. Max loves his family's Cantonese meals, like steamed rice and gai lan greens with oyster sauce, homemade dumplings, and scallion bread. But sometimes he can't help thinking about French fries, tacos, and ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. For his birthday dinner, Max is really hoping for spaghetti and meatballs,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What if home was a place you've never been? For Kofi, a first-generation Ghanaian American boy, home is a country called Ghana. But it's a place he's never been. When tasked to bring a dish that best represents his family's culture to school for a potluck lunch, Kofi is torn. With the help of his Nanabarima (grandfather), Kofi learns the hardship and resilience his family has endured-and how food has always been an integral part their story and culture....
Author
Publisher
Viking, published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2018].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gertie is trying to earn a merit badge when she encounters a hungry bear with no idea what he should eat, but helping him is harder than her guidebook makes it seem.
8) Pizza pig
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pig enjoys making just the right pizza to delight each of his customers, so when Turtle will not eat he must figure out why.
9) Watercress
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
Author
Language
English
Description
When a bluebird comes upon a dinosaur who's down in the dumps, he asks what's wrong. "¡Tengo hambre!" says the dinosaur. I'm hungry! Does the dinosaur want a banana? "¿Plátano? No." Fish? "¿Pescado? No, gracias." Nothing seems to do the trick! What does dinosaur want to eat? This delightful bilingual picture book is about finding just the right food--and just the right friend.
Author
Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Hannah Malfa-Adler is Jew ... ish. Not that she really thinks about it. She'd prefer to focus on her favorite pastime: baking delicious food! But when her best friend has a beyond-awesome Bat Mitzvah, Hannah starts to feel a little envious ... Despite her parents firm no, Hannah knows that if she can learn enough about her own faith, she can convince her friends that the party is still in motion"--
Author
Series
Corduroy (Easy readers)
Step into reading volume Step 2, reading with help
Penguin young readers. Level 2
Step into reading volume Step 2, reading with help
Penguin young readers. Level 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Corduroy sets out to make Lisa a special surprise for her birthday, but it turns out to be much harder than it looks.
13) Potion problems
Author
Series
Just add magic volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In this sequel to Just Add Magic, Kelly Quinn and her friends must figure out a way to save a beloved local store--and find the infamous Secret Recipe Book, which has gone MIA!"--
14) Granny and Bean
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A loving grandmother and her grandchild enjoy an adventure by the sea and stop to have tea.
15) In our garden
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Students create a vegetable garden on their school's rooftop.
16) Grace
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas when she goes to Paris with her mother and has trouble getting along with her cousin, while at home her friends start the business she proposed without her.
17) Heart to heart
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Alphabet letters and bold, graphic images of fruits and vegetables come together in this book of pun-filled rebuses about love and friendship.
18) Fruit bowl
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A tomato tries to convince his fellow companions that he belongs in the fruit bowl too, but his efforts prove "fruitless" and will require the authorative voice of Old Man Produce to settle the debate.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"THE TRAY OF TOGETHERNESS is a celebration of a culturally specific experience that also speaks to the universality of having family traditions and the specialness of that connection. In Flo Leung's heartwarming, food-focused story, a young girl helps her multi-racial family prepare their Tray of Togetherness as part of that evening's Lunar New Year celebration. And her exuberance for the task at hand will have readers - whether familiar with the...