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| Albert's Thanksgiving | Lisa Tryon | Pumpkin Pizza Pie | Albert the duck gets asked to help with P.T.A.'s Thanksgiving preparations and ends up doing everything except his original job of getting the vegetables. He gets the help he needs and in the end it is a great feast.
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| Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride | Pamela Munoz Ryan | Eleanor Roosevelt's Pink Clouds On Angel Food Cake | This is an embellished account of an evening spent between friends Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart that included dinner, a plane ride and a fast car ride.
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| Apple Batter | Deborah Zagwyn | Apple Crumble | |
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| Apple Farmer Annie | Monica Wellington | Applesauce, Apple Mufins, Apple Cake | Annie picks, sorts and makes her apples into many things to sell at the farmers market. She sells her goods and returns home content.
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| Apple Pie Tree, The | Zoe Hall | Apple Pie | Collage illustrations show an apple tree through the seasons.
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| Apples | Elaine Landau | 1. Apple Smiles 2. Baked Cinnamon Apples | |
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| Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy | Jim Aylesworth | Cornbread | |
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| Auntie Edna | Ethel Footman Smothers | Tea Cakes | |
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| Baby Babka, The Gorgeous Genius | Jane Breskin Zalben | Chocolate babka (Cake like dessert) | Beryl calls the baby that is coming Babka hoping it is a sweet girl. It is a boy and Beryl thinks not so sweet at first. Uncle helps show her the meaning of family love.
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| Bake Shop Ghost, The | Jacqueline Ogburn | Chocolate Cake | The ghost of the best baker in town haunts her bake shop when it is sold until one of the new owners bakes something good enough to make her cry
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| Bananas | Elaine Landau | 1. Banana Pancakes 2. Breakfast Shake | |
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| Beautiful Soup | Eleanor Clymer | Beautiful Soup | |
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| Bee-bim Bop! | Linda Sue Park | Bee-bim bop | Bee-bim bop is a Korean rice and vegetable dish. |
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| Beekeeper's Year, A | Sylvia A. Johnson | honey recipes | |
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| Benito's Bizcochitos | Ann Baca | Bizcochitos ( cookies) | While preparing the traditional Christmas cookies, Benito listens to her Grandmother tell the story of how the cookie came to be.
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| Berry Book, The | Gail Gibbons | 1. Blueberry Pie 2. Strawberry Jam 3. Raspberry Ice Cream | |
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| Birthday Cake is No Ordinary Cake, A | Debra Frasier | Cake | Travel around the sun and end at your birthday with a cake.
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| Blackberry Stew | Isabella Monk | Blackberry Stew | A young girl is sad about her Grandfathers passing and the funeral she must attend. She learns about remembering when her Aunt takes her back to a memorable outing with her Grandfather blackberry picking. A story told with a richness of family and love. |
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| Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes | Rosalind Creasy | "recipes" | |
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| Cake All For Me, A | Karen Magnuson Beil | 1. Piggy's Polka-Dot Cake 2. Piggy's Choc-o-Lot Frosting | |
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| Carlos and the Carnival | Jan Romero Stevens | Sopaipillas | This book is told in both English and Spanish. Carlos always has an adventure. |
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| Carlos and the Cornfield | Jan Romero Stevens | Blue Corn Pancakes | This book is told in both English and Spanish. Carlos gets to plant the corn for the first time. |
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| Carlos and the Squash Plant | Jan Romero Stevens | Calabacitas | |
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| Carlos Digs to China | Jan Romero Stevens | Sweet Rice | This is told in both English and Spanish. |
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| Chicks and Salsa | Aaron Reynolds | Salsa, Nachos, Guacamole | The chickens are tired of eating the same thing so rooster gets crazy and creates a fiesta for the farm. |
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| Children's World Cookbook IL | F. Watt | +40 recipes from around the world | This book includes more than forty simple, delicious recipes from around the world. There's lots of information on what is traditionally eaten in different countries and the ingredients which are used. You'll also find fascinating photographs of places, from floating markets in Thailand to Italian delicatessans and Mexican food markets full of exotic fruits and spices.
What is an Internet-Linked book? www.ubah.com/G1791 |
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| Chiles For Benito | Ann Baca | Red Chili Sauce | A girl learns about the magic chile seeds from her Grandmother while picking and making chile "ristras" the bundles of chiles hung to dry.
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| Chocolate Chip Cookies | Karen Wagner | Chocolate Chip Cookies | One word per page and an illustration to accompany show the making of cookies from Ready to Taste. Simple but fun little book. |
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| Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! | Janet Stevens | Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake | |
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| Cookie Store Cat, The | Cynthia Rylant | Gumdrop gems, gingerbread men, Scotch Chewies, buttons, frosty fruit squares, Santa Claus Faces, and Cinnamon sugarplums. | A stray cat is taken in by a group of bakers. Cookie store cats day is full of love. A very cute charming story about how an animal can win your heart.
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| Corn | Elaine Landau | 1.Popcorn Balls 2. Old-Fashioned Cornbread | |
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| Count On Pablo | Barbara deRubertis | Salsa | |
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| Country Bear's Good Neighbor | Larry Dane Brimner | cake | Country Bear ends up borrowing all the ingredients for a cake from his neighbor a little girl. She gets a little upset until Bear brings the finished cake for her as a gift.
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| Cow, a Bee, a Cookie and Me, A | Meredith Hooper | Honey Cookies | Homeschool Share has a unit for this book |
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| Cranberry Christmas | Harry Devlin | Christmas Cookies | |
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| Cranberry Thanksgiving | Harry Devlin | Cranberry Bread | Five in a Row Volume I title. |
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| Cranberry Valentine | Harry Devlin | Cranberry Upside-down Cake | |
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| Crepes by Suzette | Monica Wellingotn | Crepes | A girl sells her crepes from a push cart all around Paris. |
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| Cucumber Soup | Vickie Leigh Krudwig | Cucumber Soup | A cucumber falls on the entrance to an ant hill and 10 ants call out for help to move it. A counting story involving 9 mosquitoes, 8 ladybugs…evolves until the cucumber is moved.
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| Dinosaur Pizza | Lee Wardlaw | Dinosaur Pizza | |
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| Dumpling Soup | Jama Kim Rattigan | | |
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| Eating Fractions | Bruce McMillan | | This book has two pages of recipes for the foods with suggestions for additional activites with fractions. |
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| Empanadas that Abuela Made, The | Diane Gonzales Bertrand | Empanadas | Empanadas are stuffed pastries, popular in Spain, Portugal, the Carribean, and Latin America. The word comes from the Spanish verb empanar, meaning to wrap. They are often filled with meats or vegetables, but the version in this book is a dessert version with a pumpkin filling.
The book is bilingual; each page shows the words in both English and Spanish. The recipe is also at the end of the book in both English and Spanish. |
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| Everybody Bakes Bread | Norah Dooley | 1. Coconut 2. Chapatis 3. Corn 4. Pocket 5. Challis 6. Pupusas 7. Italian - All breads | |
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| Everybody Cooks Rice | Norah Dooley | rice | Recipes using rice from the following cultures: Barbados, Puerto Rico, Vietnam, India, China, Haiti, and Italy. |
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| Everything on a Waffle | Horvath, Polly | multiple recipes | This is a Newberry Honor chapter book, and at the end of each chapter is a simple recipe.
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| Extra Cheese, Please! | Cris Peterson | Pizza | |
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| Family | Isabell Monk | Coconut Cake, Frosting, Lemonade, Corn Puddin, Sweet and Sour Pickles | A young girl goes to the country to visit her relatives and has a fun filled reunion complete with food and a strong sense of family love and identity. |
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| Fannie In the Kitchen | Deborah Hopkinson | Famous Griddle Cakes | |
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| For My Family, Love, Allie | Ellen Senisi | Peanut Butter Treats | |
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| Giant Carrot, The | Jan Peck | Little Isabelle's Carrot Puddin' | |
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| Good Enough To Eat: A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition | Lizzy Rockwell | | Includes two pages of the author's favorite recipes. |
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| Goody O'Grumpity | Carol Ryrie Brink | Spice Cake | Homeschool Share has a unit for this book. |
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| Grandma & Me & Her Secret Recipe | Nozick, Betsy | Pancakes | A young girl tells of the special pancake tradition she has with her Grandma. |
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| Growing Vegetable Soup | Lois Ehlert | Vegetable Soup | |
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| Harvest of Color, A | Melanie Eclare | Vegetable Salad | |
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| Here's the Scoop!: Follow an Ice-Cream Cone Around the World | Neale S. Godfrey | Penny Bright's Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | |
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| Hooray for Dairy Farming! | Bobbie Kalman | Banana Milkshake | |
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| How My Family Lives in America | Susan Kuklin | 1. Sanu's Tieou Dienn 2. Eric's Habichuelas 3. April's Cold Sesame Noodles | |
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| How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World | Marjorie Priceman | Apple Pie | FIAR Volume I title. |
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| Huevos Rancheros: A Mexican tale | Czernecki, Stefan | Salsa Ranchera and Fried Eggs | A refreshing trickster tale . A brave and clever hen with a flair outsmarts her coyote adversary through charm and culinary arts. |
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| Jalapeno Bagels | Natasha Wing | 1. Chango Bars 2. Jalapeno Bagels | |
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| Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat, The | Mary Finch | whole wheat bread | |
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| Making Minestrone | Stella Blackstone | Minestrone Soup | |
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| Mama Panya's Pancakes, A Village Tale from Kenya | Mary and Rich Chamberlin | Mama Panya's Pancakes | A fun story about a boy who always seems to be a few steps ahead of Mama. In addition to the story and recipe, there are facts about village life, flora, fauna, and language of Kenya. A map of Kenya is also included. |
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| Mim's Christmas Jam | Andrea Davis Pinckney | Mim's Belly-hum Jam (apple based) | A warm tale of an African American family whose father has gone from their country home to New York City to work in the construction of the subway system. He misses his family and Mim's special Christmas jam that makes his "belly hum". Her jam ends up bringing a special Christmas gift. End notes on the NYC subway construction also. |
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| Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears | Jan Fearnley | see notes | Baby Bear's Birthday Cake, Mommy Bear's Sandwhiches, Daddy Bear's Huff Puffs, Cheesy SnipSnap Biscuits, Grandma's Golden Pie |
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| Mud Pie Annie | Buchanan, Sue and Shafer, Dana | Mud Pie | Written in rhyme and great for preschoolers or kindergarteners. This is a MOPS (Mothers Of PreSchoolers book)- and includes a Bible verse for application. |
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| New Year Be Coming! A Gullah Year | Katharine Boling | Hopping John (Black-eyed Peas) | Each month has a poem using Gullah (African Americans of the lowlands in Georgia and South Carolina coasts Language. Includes info on the Gullah people, glossary and beautiful wood cut style illustrations. |
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| Oh, No, Toto! | Katrin Tchana | Egussi Soup | |
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| Pancakes, Pancakes! | Eric Carle | pancakes | |
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| Papa's Latkes | Jane Breskin Zalben | Latkes | A bear family has a Latke making contest after Mama declares she is tired of making the latkes every Chanukah. |
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| Peanut Butter Party | Remy Charlip | "Simple Recipes, such as peanut butter play dough" | |
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| Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking | Amy Axelrod | Firehouse Chili | |
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| Pizza | Saturnino Romay | Easy Pizza (eng. muffins) | |
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| Popcorn Book, The | Tomie de Paola | traditional popcorn | |
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| Pumpkin Fiesta | Caryn Yacowitz | Pumpkin Soup | |
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| Pumpkin Soup | Helen Cooper | Pumpkin Soup | |
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| Real Story of Stone Soup, The | Ying Chang Compestine | Egg Drop Stone Soup | The Chang Brothers are up to their crazy, lazy ways again as the forget a cooking pot to cook lunch in while helping a fisherman.
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| Remember, Grandma? | Laura Langston | Apple Pie | A poignant story of a girl and her Grandma As Grandma starts to forget things the girl helps her remember. |
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| Runaway Latkes, the | Leslie Kimmelman | Latkes | Retelling of the classic runaway tale. |
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| Runaway Rice Cake, The | Ying Chang Compestine | Baked Nian-Gao, Steamed Nian Gao | A charming twist on the classic runaway gingerbread man tale, set in China at Chinese New Year.
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| Salmon Forest | David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis | Brett's Favorite Salmon | Picture book details the life cycle of the salmon and gives a recipe for a sweet teriyaki sauce to barbecue salmon. |
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| Saturday Sancocho | Leyla Torres | Cassava | South American stew |
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| Saturdays and Teacakes | Laminack, Lester | Teacakes(actually have to go to a website for recipe) | A very touching story of how a boy lovingly spends Saturdays with his Grandma. The warmth that radiates from this story is grand. |
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| Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, The | Gail Gibbons | Arnold's Apple Pie | |
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| Selina and the Shoo-fly Pie | Barbara Smucker | Shoo-fly Pie, Shoo-fly Pie with a wet bottom | Time passes for Selina as she waits for a visit from the Grandmother she misses. A promise from grandmother of making Shoo-Fly is eagerly awaited even though it sounds strange. |
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| Sip, Slurp, Soup, Soup Caldo, Caldo, Caldo | Bertrand, Diane Gonzales | Caldo (soup) | A tale told in English, and Spanish about a pair of children as the watch their Mama prepare a pot of Caldo soup, their going to get tortillas with Papa and finally getting to eat it.
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| Snowballs | Lois Ehlert | Popcorn Balls | Builing snow people and animals has never been so fun! Collage and cut paper illustrations with an I spy type challenge in the end. Very fun. |
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| Sofie's Role | Amy Heath | Cinnamon Stars (Cookies), Marzipan | A young girl tries to find a way to help in her families busy bakery at the holidays. She is small but finally finds a way and is proud of her contribution. |
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| Song for Lena, A | Hilary Horder Hippely | Grandma's Apple Strudel | Homeschool Share has a unit for this book. |
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| Still-Life Stew | Helena Clare Pittman | Vegetable Stew | |
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| Stone Soup | Heather Forest | Stone ( vegetable) Soup | A twist on the classic tale that teaches about sharing.
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| Story of Chopsticks, The | Ying Chang Compestine | Sweet Eight Treasures Rice Pudding | |
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| Story of Noodles, The | Ying Chang Compestine | Long Life Noodles | Folk tale from China that tells how 3 little boys get into mischief and end up creating noodles that win a contest held by the Emperor. This author has several books with recipes including one about Paper!
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| Sun Bread | Elisa Lkeven | | |
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| Sweet Potato Pie | Kathleen Lindsey | Sweet Potato Pie and crust | Set in the early 1900's, an African American family helps each other try to save their farm by making and selling Mama's best ever sweet potato pie at the big town festival. A very good story with vibrant illustrations. |
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| Tallulah in the Kitchen | Nancy Wolf | BlueberryPancakes | A cat and her two friends, Alligator and Pig make pancakes together. There are funny thought bubbles throughout the story.
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| This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch | Edith Baer | various | "This book takes a global trip sampling different foods children have for lunch." |
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| Three Cheers for Catherine the Great | Cari Best | Borscht | Russian Grand ma wants NO PRESENTS for her birthday. Sara learns from Mama that there are lots of good NO PRESENTS to give -as long as they come from deep inside you. A very touching story!
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| Thundercake | Patricia Polacco | Thundercake | Homeschool Share has a unit study for this title. |
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| Tomatoes | Elaine Landau | Pizza Bagels | |
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| Two Old Potatoes | John Coy | Mashed Potatoes | An African American girl finds a icky old potato. Her father suggests they plant it and grow new ones. Month by month they watch it grow and tend to it. Harvest day comes and they dig to find their reward.
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| Ugly Vegetables, The | Grace Lin | Ugly Vegetable Soup | |
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| Uncle Phil's Diner | Helena Clare Pittman | Blueberry pancakes | Ruthie and her Dad make the trek 10 blocks in the cold and snow to have breakfast at their Uncle Phil's Diner trying to stay warm along the way by remember scenes from summer. At the diner they are warmed from inside out.
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| Valentine Foxes | Watson, Clyde | Pound Cake | A family of foxes gets ready to celebrate Valentine's Day. While Mama is out the children decide to make something special and make a huge mess instead.
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| Valerie and the Silver Pear | Darling, Benjamin | Pear Pie | A young girl spends time with her Grandpa who shares stories of her Grandma all while picking pears and turning them into pear pies just like Grandma used to make.
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| Warthogs in the Kitchen | Pamela Duncan Edwards | cupcakes | |
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| Watch Out For Chicken Feet in Your Soup | DePaolo, Tommie | Bread Dolls | Joey Takes his friend Eugene on a visit to his Italian Grandma's house. Joey tells him she talks funny, pinches cheeks and has old stuff all around. Eugene falls in love grandma's old world ways.They make bread dolls together.
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| What Zeesie Saw on Delaney Street | Elsa Okon Rael | Tsimmes (Sweet Relish), Leykach (Honey Cake) | Zeesie is allowed to go to a package party with her parents and a dollar bill of her own to bid with. She goes into a room she is told not to and sees something that awakens her heart and sense of giving. End notes give meanings to Hebrew words and a description of what pacakge parties were. |
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| Wheat | Elaine Landau | Crunchy Granola | |
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| When Zaydeh Dances on Eldridge Street | Elsa Okon Rael | Tante Golda's Apricot Jam Cookies, Bubbeh Shayndel's Apple Cake | A young girl is invited to share a celebration at the synagogue with her stern Grandfather and learns the meaning of Torah and makes her Zaydeh proud. A very touching story. |