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"When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is--all the nostalgic movies set in New York she'd watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn't quite do it justice. But Bobby, Iris's best friend, isn't about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run...
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"A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden...
3) Mouse mess
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Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A hungry mouse leaves a huge mess when it goes in search of a snack.
7) Yoko
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Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.
9) Yoko
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Series
Publisher
Everest
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
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La mamá de Yoko le ha preparado un delicioso sushi para el almuerzo. Los compañeros de clase se burlan de su comida.
Yoko's mother has prepared a delicious sushi for Yoko's school lunch. Her classmates make fun of her food.
11) Lunch from home
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Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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When Ray, Preeti, Mina, and Niki bring their favorite lunches to school, their classmates scrunch their noses and act disgusted, but the four children learn to stand up for their lunches and cultural backgrounds. Based on the real-life childhood experiences of chefs Ray Garcia, Preeti Mistry, Mina Park, and Niki Russ Federman.
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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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"A smorgasbord of vignettes and tidbits about the quirky--and sometimes downright odd--origins of various kitchen inventions, products, and foodstuff, How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun includes seventy-five short essays that will dispel popular myths and draw lines between food facts and food fiction. Charming text combined with simple line illustrations makes this an attractive gift book and go-to source book for all food and trivia buffs"--
13) The book eaters
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2022.
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English
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"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...
16) Popisho
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Somewhere far away―or maybe right nearby―lies an archipelago called Popisho. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change. Xavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. Anise, his long-lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. The governor’s daughter, Sonteine, still...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat... England in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression. Stella Douglas, author of a much-loved but not very successful biography, is a bit depressed herself. When she's summoned to see her editor in London, she expects her writing career is over before it's even started. But much to her surprise, she is being commissioned to write a history of English food. It's to be quintessentially...
Author
Publisher
GranTraves�ia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...
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English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades K &1
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
Food For Thought: Picture Books
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
Food For Thought: Picture Books
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"A crew of resourceful neighbors comes together to prepare a meal for their community. Includes a recipe and an author's note about the volunteering experience that inspired the book"--
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