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Reading with little foodies!

Hello, Betty Community!

I've always been a bit of a bookworm, and I have some warm and fuzzy memories of reading growing up. One of my favorite topics, among other things, was, of course, food, and when I'd exhausted my borrowed library books, I would start looking at mom's foodie magazines. Often, reading time was always best accompanied with a snack. Smile
Now that I have my niece, a foodie-in-training, I'm so excited to share my combined love of good eats and good reads! I recently bought her “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake,” by Laura Numeroff, part of the classic, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series. I can't wait to read it with her, but in the meantime, I was wondering:


Do you have any great suggestions for children’s books about food? Do you have a favorite?

It also got me thinking of some great food-related Children's books from my childhood. These are classics that I read over and over.

1.    “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle
2.    “The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junkfood” by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
3.    “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” by Charles G. Shaw*
4.     “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff
5.     “Bread and Jam for Frances” by Russell Hoban*


Can you think of any others I need to add to my list? Be sure to share your thoughts on any of the above titles!

 

*Read often to the kids I used to babysit.

9/23/2010 4:09 PM
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  I do a Food unit with my preschool class every year.  I use the books on your list but here are some other good ones.


  Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Grossnickle Hines


  Wednesday Is spaghetti day  by Maryann Cocca-Leffler


  Peanut Butter and Jelly  A play rhyme


  Huggly's Pizza  by Tedd Arnold


  If You Give A Moose A Muffin by Laura Numeroff


 Cup Cooking (picture recipes)  by barbara johnson and Betty Plemons

9/26/2010 5:19 PM

I just received the brand new Todd Parr book, Let's Fix Dinner.  It is a great picture book.  Love his style of illustration.  Another great one is Eathing the Alphabet,  We also have a large board book of, There Was An Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, maybe not actually food, but a fun book with fantastic illustrations.  Stone Soup is an oldie but goodie.

9/26/2010 6:28 PM

 

 




My kids all have enjoyed this Betty Crocker cookbook.  I've taken a photo of my youngest and it hangs proudly in my kitchen!!


 

10/25/2010 8:07 PM

mnm111:

 

 

My kids all have enjoyed this Betty Crocker cookbook.  I've taken a photo of my youngest and it hangs proudly in my kitchen!!

Wow! How cute! Smile

Emily and I love this photo! Are you on Facebook? We have Fan of the Week there, and if you're interested, we would love to highlight this....

Sincerely, Cate

10/26/2010 9:58 AM

CateC_BettyCrocker_MOD:


 



mnm111:


 


 



 


My kids all have enjoyed this Betty Crocker cookbook.  I've taken a photo of my youngest and it hangs proudly in my kitchen!!


 




 


Wow! How cute! Smile


Emily and I love this photo! Are you on Facebook? We have Fan of the Week there, and if you're interested, we would love to highlight this....


Sincerely, Cate



Thanks, Cate.


I wasn't sure if this picture was visible here (I cannot see it).


I posted this shot on the Betty Crocker FB wall.  Is there a specific place to put the photo to be considered for "Fan of the Week"?  I could not find a place to upload for that, but I did enjoy all the previous winners.  This week's photo is a hoot!


I've been meaning to share this photo with someone from Betty Crocker for quite some time.  I'm so glad you liked it!

10/27/2010 8:39 AM

Oh, shoot. I can see it through my admin site. But sometimes photos on the site are much trickier. It works best when the photo is a URL. For example, if I uploaded a photo to Flickr, I'll sign out, refind the photo and drag it into the URL bar to get a more exact link. It's not the easiest process so we are looking into how to improve the issue.

Thank you for adding it to Facebook. As long as you added it to our page somehow, it's in the running for Fan of the Week. Smile

Sincerely, Cate

10/27/2010 9:21 AM

Hope this works!


 


10/27/2010 10:02 AM

Perfecto. Smile Thank you for going through all that work.


Sincerely, Cate

10/27/2010 11:14 AM

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