Picture Books
Asch, Frank. Popcorn.*
Baer, Edith. This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch.
Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Barton, Byron. The Little Red Hen.*
Brown, Marc. D.W., The Picky Eater.
Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup.
Carle, Eric. Today is Monday.*
Demi. One Grain of Rice : A Mathematical Folktale.
Depaola, Tomie. Pancakes for Breakfast.
Dooley, Norah. Everybody Cooks Rice.
Edwards, Pamela. Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke.
Ehlert, Lois. Eating the Alphabet.
Gretz, Susanne. Rabbit food.
Hayes, Sarah. Eat up, Gemma.*
Hoban, Russell. Bread and Jam for Frances.
Hoberman, Mary Ann. The Seven Silly Eaters.
Jaffe, Nina. The Way Meat Loves Salt.
Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed.
Lillegard, Dee. The Wild Bunch.
Lyon, George Ella. The Outside Inn.
Mahy, Margaret. Jam.
McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal.
Meddaugh, Susan. Martha Speaks.
Morris, Ann. Bread, Bread, Bread.
Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Mouse A Cookie.*
Palatini, Margery. Piggie Pie.
Paulsen, Gary. The Tortilla Factory.
Pillar, Marjorie. Pizza Man.*
Polacco, Patricia. Picnic at Mudsock Meadow.
Rice, Eve. Sam Who Never Forgets.*
Riley, Linnea. Mouse Mess.*
Robart, Rose. The Cake That Mack Ate.*
Shannon, Mitchell. Gregory, the Terrible Eater.
Soto, Gary. Too Many Tamales.
Steig, William. Pete’s a Pizza.*
Stock, Catherine. Thanksgiving Treat.
Van Allsburg, Chris. The Sweetest Fig.
Wiesner, David. June 29, 1999.
*Good for younger listeners.
Beginning Readers
Calmenson, Stephanie. Marigold and Grandma on the Town.
Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby Bake the Cake.
Seuss, Dr. Green Eggs and Ham.
Sharmat, Marjorie. Nate the Great.
Fiction
Calhoun, Dia. Firegold.
Conford, Ellen. What’s Cooking, Jenny Archer?
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Fever.
Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach.
Fritz, Jean. George Washington’s Breakfast.
Hermes, Patricia. Kevin Corbett Eats Flies.
Hurwitz, Johanna. Aldo Applesauce.
Jacques, Brian. The Great Redwall Feast.
Jukes, Mavis. Blackberries in the Dark.
Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms.
Smith, Robert. Chocolate Fever.
Wallace, Barbara. Peppermints in the Parlor.
Walter, Mildred. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World.
Nonfiction
Eat Your Words. A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food. Charlotte Jones. (TX349 J66 1999)
Extra Cheese, Please!: Mozzarella’s Journey from Cow to Pizza. Chris Peterson. (SF271 P4)
It’s Disgusting -- And We Ate It : True Food Facts from Around the World – And Throughout History!
James Solheim. (TX355 S648 1997)
Play With Your Pumpkins. Joost Elffers. (TX803P93 E44)
Remember the A La Mode : Riddles and Puns. Charles Keller. (PN6371.5 K397)
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