Feeling Hungry? Satisfying Books about Food
for Young Children
Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren© 2004 Cooperative Children's Book Center
This bibliography was developed for the Child Care Information Center Newsletter (Issue 47, 2004) published by the Child Care Information Center operated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funding from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.
Animals at the Table
Bonning, Tony. Fox Tale Soup. Illustrated by Sally Hobson. U.S. edition: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Ages 3 - 7
Coplans, Peta. Cat and Dog. Viking, 1996. Ages 2 - 4
Fleming, Denise. Lunch. Henry Holt, 1992. Ages 3 - 7
Goldstone, Bruce. The Beastly Feast. Illustrated by Blair Lent. Henry Holt, 1998. Ages 3 - 7
Martin, David. Five Little Piggies. Illustrated by Susan Meddaugh. Candlewick Press, 1998. Ages 3 - 6
Soto, Gary. Chato's Kitchen. Illustrated by Susan Guevara. Putnam, 1995. Ages 4 - 8
Wormell, Christopher . What I Eat. U.S. edition: Dial, 1996. Ages 2 - 4Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Hoberman, Mary Ann. The Seven Silly Eaters. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. Browndeer Press/Harcourt Brace, 1997. Ages 4 - 8
Kelley, True. Let's Eat!. Dutton, 1989. Ages 18 months - 4 years
Lin, Grace. Dim Sum for Everyone!. Knopf, 2001. Ages 4 - 6
Morris, Ann. Bread Bread Bread. Photographed by Ken Heyman. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1989. Ages 2 - 5
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. I Smell Honey. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Red Wagon Books/Harcourt, 1997. Ages 9 months - 3 years
Rotner, Shelley and Julia Pemberton Hellums . Hold the Anchovies! A Book about Pizza. Photographed by Shelley Rotner. Orchard, 1996. Ages 3 - 6
Ruelle, Karen Gray. The Book of Breakfasts. Illustrated by Lizi Boyd. Red Wagon Books/Harcourt, 1997. Ages 12 months - 2 years
Wheeler, Bernelda. I Can't Have Bannock But the Beaver has a Dam. Illustrated by Herman Bekkering. Pemmican Publications, 1984.Eat Your Vegetables
Eclare, Melanie. A Harvest of Color: Growing a Vegetable Garden. Ragged Bears, 2002. Ages 4 - 9
Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup. Harcourt, 1987. Ages 2 - 6
Freymann, Saxton and Joost Elffers . How Are You Peeling? Food with Moods. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 1999. Age 4 and older
Lin, Grace. The Ugly Vegetables. Talewinds/Charlesbridge, 1999. Ages 3 - 6
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Pickin' Peas. Illustrated by Pat Cummings. HarperCollins, 1998. Ages 3 - 8
Pierr, Morgan. The Turnip. Philomel, 1990. Ages 2 - 4Special Foods for Special Times
Hutchins, Pat. We're Going on a Picnic!. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2002. Ages 2 - 4
Oxenbury, Helen. It's My Birthday. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 1994. Ages 2 - 4
Reiser, Lynn. Cherry Pies and Lullabies. Greenwillow, 1998. Ages 3 - 8
Reiser, Lynn. Tortillas and Lullabies/Tortillas y cancioncitas. Translated by Rebecca Hart. Greenwillow, 1998. Ages 3 - 8
Ryan, Pam Muņoz. Mice and Beans. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. Scholastic Press, 2001. Ages 4 - 7
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