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The following is a list of
children's books that have received a fair bit of attention throughout elementary schools
in Canada. All of these books were chosen for their usefulness to further explore
nutritional topics.
Children's Picture Books
- Baker, Susan. Teeth. MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
London, England, 1983.
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This book focuses on a young child's
teeth. In story form, it shows the importance of brushing teeth, the proper foods to eat,
and visiting the dentist. |
- Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
1947.
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Three soldiers came marching into a
French village. The peasants heard they were coming and hid all their food. The soldiers
tricked the peasants into providing them with a feast by making a soup from stones. |
- Cosgrove, S. The Muffin Muncher. Price Stern Publishing Co.,
California, 1975.
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A story about a dragon that loves
munching muffins and how he comes to the villagers' rescue by helping them continue to
make muffins, |
- de Paola, Tomie. The Popcorn Book. Holiday House, New York,
1978.
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This book tells a story about the
history and legend of popcorn. |
- FujiKawo, Gyo. Let's Grow a Garden. Grosset and Dunlop, New
York, 1978.
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A group of young children plant seeds
and grow fresh vegetables. |
- Hoban, Russell. Bread and Jam for Frances. Scholastic Book
Services, Ontario, 1969.
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Frances wanted to eat bread and jam
for every meal. When her mother decided to give her bread and jam for every meal, Frances
reconsidered and decided there were many foods she would like to try. |
- Hoban, Russell. Dinner at Alberta's. Thomas Y. Crowell Co.,
New York, 1975.
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Arthur Crocodile's poor table manners
quickly improve after he meets Alberta and is invited to her house for dinner. |
- Marshall, James. Yummers. Houghton, Boston, 1973.
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This is story of a pig who is
an overweight, compulsive eater. She needs to diet and attempts to lose weight through
exercise. However, she eats too much and complains that her stomachache must be from
walking! |
- McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. Viking Press, New
York, 1948.
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This book describes Sal's adventures
while picking blueberries. Sal ate more than she put in her pail. Consequently, her mother
went home with a pail full of blueberries and Sal had three blueberries in the bottom of
her pail. |
- Pasternack, C. and A. Sutherland. Stone Soup. Canadian Women's
Education Press, Toronto, 1974.
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A story of how a class of children
from many different ethnic backgrounds, bring food from home to make a delicious soup from
stones and water. |
- Patterson, Geoffrey. All About Bread. Andrea Deutsch, London,
1984.
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This book discusses the history of
bread making, ways to bake bread, and different types of bread. |
- Poulet, Virgina. Blue Bug's Vegetable Garden. Children's
Press, Chicago, 1973.
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A picture book that illustrates how
vegetables grow. |
- Rice, Eve. Benny Bakes a Cake. Greenwillow Books, New York,
1981.
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Benny helps Mama bake his birthday
cake. But when the cake is done, Ralph, their large bouncy dog, helps himself, and what a
disaster. It is Papa who saves the day assuring a happy birthday for young Benny. |
- Rockwell, Harlow. My Kitchen. Greenwillow Books, New York,
1980.
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This book gives a description of a
kitchen and its contents. It is full of everyday objects that all children will recognize. |
- Rennick, Barbara, et al. Gingersnaps. McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Ltd., Scarborough, Ontario, 1984.
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A colourful storybook with many
food-related short stories. Contents include the Magic Cookie, Let's Make a Garden, Jack
and the Beanstalk, the Muffin Man, and the Red Hen and Her Chicks. |
- Sendak, Maurice. In the Night Kitchen. Harper & Row
Publishers, New York, 1970.
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This book is about the adventures of
Mickey in a night kitchen where bakers are making cake and bread. |
- Sharat, Mitchell. Gregory the Terrible Eater. Four Winds
Press, New York, 1980.
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Gregory the goat, a very picky eater,
refuses to eat the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans (JUNK FOOD) in favour of
fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice (HEALTHY FOOD). He learns that is he tries to
eat more food than he should, he will become ill. |
- Dr. Seuss. Scrambled Eggs Super. Random House, New York, 1953.
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Peter T. Hooper was tired of
scrambled eggs. He decided that scrambled eggs were a bore because the eggs always were
from a hen. He decided he would scramble some different eggs and he created a new recipe:
Scrambled Eggs Super-Dee-Dooper-Dee-Booper Special delux-a-la Peter T. Hooper! |
- Dr. Seuss. Green Eggs with Ham. Random House, New York, 1960.
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Sam is not about to eat green eggs
and ham anywhere or with anybody. Then he tries them and likes them and decides he could
eat them anywhere with anyone. |
- Wasmuth, Eleanor. The Picnic Basket. Grosset and Dunlop, New
York, 1983.
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An alligator family goes on a picnic
and takes along many delicious foods. |
- Zemach, Margot. The Little Red Hen. Farrar, Strauss, and
Giroux, New York, 1983.
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A story about a little red hen who
finds a grain of wheat, grows it, cuts and threshes it, grinds it, and makes some bread. |
Children's Cookbooks
- Bevlander, Lisa. Sticky Fingers. Firefly Books Ltd., Toronto,
Ontario, 1981.
- Chubb, Angela. Fun in the Kitchen. Irwin Publishing, Toronto,
Ontario, 1984.
- Wilkes, Angela and Stephen Cartwright. Hot Things. Usborne
Publishing Ltd., London, England, 1983.
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