Books for Kids - Books about Food

Check out this list generated by our Youth Services Librarians for the Scotch Plains Public Library's annual summer reading challenge.

Updated May 4, 2023
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Aven Green, baking machine
Bowling, Dusti
Paper Book
Now that third-grader Aven Green has retired from sleuthing, it's time to conquer a whole new world: baking! Aven knows she's an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she's been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like she does. She cracks...
Fox & Rabbit. 3, Celebrate
Ferry, Beth
Paper Book
Fox & Rabbit Celebrate is the third adventure in the graphic novel series from author Beth Ferry and illustrator Gergely Dudás for young readers, and it's full of surprises. Fox and Rabbit are cooking up something very special for Sparrow's birthday...
Pete the cat and the missing cupcakes
Dean, Kim
Paper Book
Pete the Cat and his friends are baking cupcakes for a cupcake party. But, oh no! Some of the cupcakes have gone missing! Who could have taken them In this latest Pete the Cat picture book adventure, Pete and the gang solve the mystery of the missing cupcakes and learn that it's...
Measuring up
LaMotte, Lily
Paper Book
An ALA Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2021 · A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection · Fall 2020 Kids Indie Next List · Featured in Today Show's AAPI Heritage Month List · Amazon Best Books November Selection · Cybils Awards Finalist · An NBC AAPI Selection · Featured in...
Saturday sancocho
Torres, Leyla
Paper Book
This is the enchanting story of a young girl, her grandmother, and their quest for the ingredients they need to prepare their favorite meal, sancocho. This lovely book is illustrated with bold and vibrant watercolors that evoke the bustling atmosphere of the village markets of Central and South...
Dumplings for Lili
Iwai, Melissa
Paper Book
Lili loves to cook baos, and Nai Nai has taught her all the secrets to making them, from kneading the dough lovingly and firmly to being thankful for the strong and healthy ingredients in the filling. But when Nai Nai realizes that they are out of cabbage (Secret #8: line the basket with cabbage...
If you give a cat a cupcake
Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
Paper Book
If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you'll give him a bathing suit . . . Written in the tradition of the bestselling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura...
Octopus stew
Velasquez, Eric
Paper Book
What do you do when an octopus captures Grandma? Put on your superhero cape and rescue her! This clever picture book tells two stories in one, from award-winning Afro-Latino artist Eric Velasquez. The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. "¡Tenga cuidado!"...

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