Cooking & Food - Kids Fiction

Grace would prefer to go to bed unfed than eat her spaghetti bolognaise. Her dad warns her that wasting her dinner has grave consequences, but Grace laughs him off and trots off to bed. When she hears sounds from the kitchen, she investigates and...

When an orchardist's apple trees are crowded out by looming development, he learns how to transform his altered world so he can continue to bake the perfect apple pie. An inspiring story about urban greening and creative adaptation to change.Author: Kim KaneISBN-10: 1760124915ISBN-13: 9781760124915Publisher:...

Beneath the roots of an old eucalyptus tree lives a little bilby who just loves to cook. Join George and his friends on their baking adventures! It's Betty Echidna's birthday, and George wants to make her something extra special. But George can be a...

Monroe is back again for another community adventure, but this time she is egg-sploring her local community garden. Monroe and her dad are just in thyme for harvest. Harvesting produce is no easy task, but Monroe and her dad are berry delighted about the...

Experience the simple joy of a family working and playing together! Grandparents and child spend summer days visiting a variety of places where they grow or buy vegetables - from the community garden to the food co-op, and a few places in between. They...

Get ready for the reading adventure of a lifetime (and eat while you're doing it)! The Gunky Cookbook makes cooking fun and educational, while providing you with highly nutritious food that actually tastes good. Each of the recipes comes with a story that revolves...

Misha the little bear is feeling sad this fall holiday season! Because he has food allergies, he can't enjoy all the treats that his classmates are eating. Can his class figure out a way to let Misha have a fun and safe holiday?Author: Nadya...

Embark on a baking adventure with Mimi where she will measure, mix, and bake her way to the perfect New York style pizza. Pizza may be the highlight of her trip, but follow Mimi as she discovers all New York City has to offer!Author:...

Four friends who love hot fudge sundaes topped with chocolate chips at their favorite ice cream store, The Creamery, discover that the chocolate chips have gone missing. Despite warnings not to do any detective work, they plot and plan to find out who has...

Even an angel can struggle to find her way. When Ahva decides to stop growling at herself and leaves her home inside a cacao pod, there's only one thing she wants to do: share chocolate with the world. It's a risky adventure and she'll...

Happy as can be with his mother, siblings, and best friend Carole, Rudy is forced to go to a fattening farm. And he doesn't think it's fair! Knowing it's up to him to help educate others, Rudy shares impressive facts about pigs to show...

Author: Anish SivaISBN-10: 1631770942ISBN-13: 9781631770944Publisher: Mascot BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2015Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 5.90h x 5.80w x 0.40d

Back in print for the 15th Anniversary in a beautiful oversized hardcover edition for libraries! These delightful stories about Buster and his friends in Bugville have sold over 3 million copies worldwide! Discover the magical world of Robert Stanek's Bugville Critters. Stanek, acclaimed author...

What ingredients are needed to make a nourishing bean soup? Appealing text and illustrations will draw emergent readers into the story. Pairs with the nonfiction title Let's Look at Beans.Author: Margo GatesISBN-10: 1541590309ISBN-13: 9781541590304Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2020Pages: 16Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.10h...

Get your kids excited about vegetables! This book will have you and your family: cycling through the Kale-lands; lounging at Cucumber Island; and climbing a mountain of turtles. Get lost in these amazing illustrations by farmer and activist Eileen Schaeffer. This is a triumphant...

Foods for the Future is an exciting reader's theater script that brings food and science together for some unusual creations. This four-act script includes differentiated roles that provide every student with the opportunity to succeed as it accommodates multiple reading levels. Students will develop...

A laugh-out-loud, sing-along counting romp, based on the traditional rhyme, perfect for fans of Supertato!One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four... playing hide and seek - hang on! Who's inside the drawer?!Four more energetic, excitable potatoes, that's who! And the potato pals are about...

Four alien youngsters make a pizza. They explain the colors of each ingredient they add to it. An alien Mom says they made a good lunch and is happy they took charge of making lunch.Author: Therese M. SheaISBN-10: 1404270388ISBN-13: 9781404270381Publisher: Rosen ClassroomLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2006Pages:...

Kaison's Surprise gives boys and girls a chance to experience their joy for cooking. Just like Kaison, lots of children hang out in the kitchen when their mom cooks. As he navigates the kitchen, he experiences math: long, short, big, small, counting, and measuring....

Diners are lined up outside Chef Kate's restaurant while she's inside making her Can't-Wait-to-Try Pie. When Kate leads diners inside, they're not disappointed. Each slice of her special-recipe pie is oh-so sweet and delicious. And Chef Kate is happy to dish out seconds! Diners...

"Steak"osaurus was born a vegetarian. Instead of eating tasteless, boring veggies (YUCK!), Steak would give anything to once, just once, sink his teeth into a big, juicy, yummy piece of meat! All day, every day, Steak is tempted to eat what he knows his...

Do you have an indecisive child in your life?Meet Evan! Evan loves starting the day with a yummy breakfast. But, what should he have today...Mom's poised in the kitchenAs busy as can beI ask, what's for breakfast?And she says, let's see!With his mom's help,...

An Ismaili children's story that captures the traditional role of family, faith, food and fun.It's the weekend, which means it's time to visit Nanima and Nanabapa! Hooray! The children are always happy to visit their grandparents. There's so much good food to eat: samosas,...

Author: Ryan MillerISBN-13: 9798990775411Publisher: Later Gator BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2026Pages: 38Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d

Author: Jordan A. NewcomerISBN-13: 9798234053602Publisher: Newcomer ApproachingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2026Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.12d

Author: Ben OkonISBN-13: 9798217321056Publisher: Flamingo BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2026Pages: 40Format: Hardcover

Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and...

A groovy New York Times bestseller!From the bestselling Pete the Cat series, it's a groovy pizza party that you don't want to miss!It's a party, a party, a perfect pizza party!That's what Pete thinks as he piles the pie high with his favorite topping--pepperoni....

An adorably charming and funny picture book about a family of dumplings--and a middle child trying to stand out--for fans of Jory John and Pete Oswald's Food Group seriesWhen Bao's family gathers for Lunar New Year Eve, everyone "ooh"s and "aah"s over big sister...

An endlessly charming picture book about how a Jamaican family living in Alaska keeps its culture alive. While it may be cold and snowy outside their window, for a Jamaican family living in Alaska, it is warm and cozy inside their kitchen. No matter...

From the bestselling and beloved creator of Arnie, the Doughnut comes a hilarious and encouraging school story about an aspiring class clown. Clem has always been shy and quiet. He only ever feels comfortable making noise when he's playing his clarinet. Clem wishes he...

A joyous celebration of Jamaican food -- and of Christmas -- set to the traditional song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, a debut picture book by acclaimed author Zalika Reid-Benta. On the third day of Christmas, mi granny gave to me three beef patties,...

Winifred and her companion dog, Maggie, are so excited. They get to spend the whole day with Dad and are looking forward to a lot of adventures together. They go to the park where Winifred must share and take turns with a little boy....

Delores has some crazy ideas, but Merv always encourages her to trust herself. When she tries to teach herself to bake, she learns way more about life than baking. Merv wiped a tear from Delores rosy cheek and looked into her sad and defeated...

Cuppy the Special Cupcake is a child-friendly book about accepting your true self. It is a story about a little cupcake that feels lost, alone and unwanted because he is plain and all the other cupcakes have frosting. He sets off on a journey...

Some parents absolutely dread mealtime. It's not easy on the kids either. Some kids are just born like that. They don't like the idea of eating and end up developing a certain anxiety about food that can get worse if not handled intelligently. Suhail...

Boys and girls, mothers and fathers, meet your new best friend! Scoop the Ice Cream Truck doesn't quite fit in with modern times. He tries to change to make himself more popular just to fit in, only to discover, through friendship, that he is...

Three-year-old Porter discovers the magic that can be found in his grandmother's kitchen when together they make an apple pie from scratch.Little Porter's senses are on high alert as he suddenly grows taller to help his grandma at her kitchen counter while learning the...

Dottie Sprinkles is bringing delicious magical delights to the town of Ferry Harbor. (Or is it really Fairy Harbor?)When you mix ice cream treats, fairies, and two curious twin girls it can only mean the start of a fairy special adventure.Twins Sydni and Lori...

"In Lindsley's vigorously brushed rural scenes, the comically gesticulating red rooster often occupies the foreground as, behind, a multiracial procession of revelers in colorful festival costume goes from farm to farm begging for a handout."--Kirkus With her trademark lyricism, Louisiana musician and author Johnette...

A timely, accessible, and beautifully written story exploring themes of food, friendship, family and what it means to belong, featuring sixth graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl taking a South Asian cooking class taught by Sara's mom. Sixth graders...

An Ismaili children's story that captures the traditional role of family, faith, food and fun.It's the weekend, which means it's time to visit Nanima and Nanabapa! Hooray! The children are always happy to visit their grandparents. There's so much good food to eat: samosas,...

Tad and Fletcher's mom loves to cook and happily makes pancakes for her two boys! However, little Tad has other ideas when it comes to the breakfast menu... and he'll need to learn to compromise if he wants what he's hungry for! Tad is...

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Ferris meets Ghosts of Tupelo Landing in this cozy ghost story about family, environmental activism, food, and friendship.Basil Theriot has spent her entire life in New Orleans--in her family's famed Cajun restaurant in the French Quarter, really--but she's...

The animals don't want your packed lunch. They really want something else to munch! Find out what in this playful rhyming book, and have fun poking your hand through the felt mouths to mimic feeding the animals . . . if you dare!This tactile...

A clever little girl figures out a way to help her grandmother assimilate and make friends in a new country through her love of food--because there's nothing like food to turn strangers into friends! When Ava arrives in the United States, she can't speak...

As homey as its subject, a sweet tribute to America's favorite dessert and the love that gets baked into it. This is just about the perfect day: a morning in the kitchen baking, a bike ride across town with a fresh pie in the...

An exciting new interactive book series just for little helpers: Hands-on learning and doing . . . and so much fun! Exquisitely designed for durability and visual appeal. Helping out is so much fun and an essential part of growing up!So put on your...

This warm, beautiful picture book follows Lily and her grandfather as they establish a new autumnal tradition with an old family recipe.This year, Lao Ye wants to throw a big neighborhood Halloween party and Lily's excited to help, but she's a little worried about...

An empty egg carton is just the start of an adventure! Three curious friends find one and decide to fill it with eggs, counting from one to twelve as they go. But the best part? They cook the eggs together and share a yummy...