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10 Gulab Jamuns
Indian Culture, Food
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10 Gulab Jamuns, is a sweet multicultural picture book for children that instill in them a love for math and a knowledge of diversity and new cultures. Join two adorable brothers in a fun-filled adventure and discover a tasty sweet from India! Idu (Ee-doo) and Adu (Aa-doo) are very excited. Guests are coming over for dinner and their Mamma has already cooked a lot. Next, she is cooking Gulab Jamuns, but Idu and Adu don t know what Gulab Jamuns are. Before long, they discover just how good these wonderful golden, sugary syrup-soaked balls are and how quickly they melt in their mouths. But Mamma has only made 10 Gulab Jamuns. Will they last until their guests come? This light-hearted, humorous story will warm your heart and tantalize your tastebuds. It also includes some basic lessons in counting and an easy recipe to make those delicious Gulab Jamuns yourself. Read this book aloud and enjoy a fun activity with your little ones.
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B is for Bagel
Food, Alphabet
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"A...delightful, colorful, bagel-themed ABC book that’s an ode to the round doughy delicacy beloved by American Jews (and anyone who has good taste in food)." —Kveller Splish, splash, and roll your way through this book, where unicorns and rainbows take their bagel form, and sprinkles know no limits! Kids will love finding a new favorite bagel, whether they like lox or maybe just x-tra schmear! From asiago to za’atar, and everything in between, B is for Bagel teaches the whole alphabet, while introducing children to traditional and innovative bagel flavors. Vibrant photographs of each life-size bagel make turning the pages so much fun!
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 48 votes, reviews
Baby, Let's Eat! (Indestructibles)
Rip Proof, Food
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xplore a rainbow of delicious foods in a book that’s indestructible! What green vegetable looks like a tree? Broccoli! Can you find a fruit that’s small and yellow? Lemon! Can you pick out two berries so red and sweet? Raspberry and strawberry! Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved by babies and their parents, Indestructibles are built for the way babies “read” (i.e., with their hands and mouths) and are: -Rip Proof—made of ultra-durable tight-woven material -Waterproof—can be chewed on, drooled on, and washed! -Emergent Literacy Tool—bright pictures and few or no words encourage dialogic reading -Portable—lightweight books can go anywhere, perfect for the diaper bag and for travel -Safe for Baby—meets ASTM safety standards
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 5464 votes, reviews
Bee-bim Bop!
Food, Asian Culture
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A Korean American girl celebrates food and family in this cheerful board book about cooking a special meal by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park. In bouncy rhyming text, an excited and hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and finally sitting down with her family to enjoy a favorite meal. The energy and enthusiasm of the young narrator are conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean American family.
average rating is 4.9 out of 5, based on 1008 votes, reviews
Bread and Jam for Frances
Food
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The classic funny story about a stubborn little badger with very particular tastes in food. Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlets. Unless her parents can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating bread and jam forever! Join the generations of families that have laughed along as Frances sings "Jam on biscuits, jam on bread, Jam is the thing I like most, Jam is sticky, jam is sweet, Jam is tasty, jam’s a treat—raspberry, strawberry, gooseberry, I’m very FOND…OF…JAM!"
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 1136 votes, reviews
Chaat and Sweets
Indian Culture, Food
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The 7th book in Tricycle's World Snacks series introduces toddlers to Indian snack foods known as chaat. Scrumptious treats like bhel puri (rice puff salad), tandoori chicken, and sweet coconut cham-cham, look good enough to eat in Wilson Sanger's gorgeous collage art, while her trademark bouncy text will please little ears.
average rating is 4.6 out of 5, based on 64 votes, reviews
Counting With Dim Sum
Food, Counting, Asian Culture
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Introduce your bitty babes to their first counting book that not only captures their attention and teaches them counting in two languages, but also celebrates Chinese culture! Counting in two languages is so much fun with our dim sum friends! Dim sum is everyone’s favorite late-morning-to-lunchtime meal shared between family and friends. Our counting book utilizes dim sum’s little dishes, accompanied by a pot of tea, as the subject for children to practice their counting. Children and adults alike will be delighted to find their favorite snacks included in the book as they turn each page. Our counting book squeezes in lots of extra learning opportunities and skills, such as encouraging one-to-one correspondence while practicing counting on a numberline, extra fun facts about Chinese language, and a non-fiction page with real-life pictures of dim sum items in the picture glossary. Parents will adore this eye-catching bilingual Chinese-English read due to its effortless integration of Chinese culture through the introduction of everyone’s favorite dim sum dishes. Children will love the vibrant colors and the expressive faces in the artwork which help to make learning so much fun for everyone!
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Dim Sum For Everyone
Food, Asian Culture
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From sweet pork buns to little egg tarts, the plentiful dishes arrive on metal carts for a grand smorgasbord. An endnote offers a brief history of dim sum; endpapers show the wide spectrum available for sampling.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 577 votes, reviews
Dragons Love Tacos
NY Times Best Sellers
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A New York Times bestselling phenomenon, this deliciously funny read-aloud from the creators of Robo-Sauce and Secret Pizza Party will make you laugh until spicy salsa comes out of your nose. Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You're in red-hot trouble. The award-winning team of Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri has created an unforgettable tale of new friends and the perfect snack.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 16642 votes, reviews
Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel
Food, Dragons
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The hilarious sequel to the smokin’ hot New York Times best seller, perfect for story time News alert! It has just been discovered that there are NO MORE TACOS left anywhere in the world. This is a huge problem because, as you know, dragons love tacos. If only there was a way for the dragons to travel back in time, to before tacos went extinct. Then they could grab lots of tacos and bring them back! It’s the perfect plan, as long as there’s no spicy salsa. You remember what happened last time . . . The award-winning creators of Robo-Sauce and Secret Pizza Party return with a gut-bustingly hilarious companion to the bestselling phenomenon Dragons Love Tacos.
average rating is 4.7 out of 5, based on 3991 votes, reviews
Dumplings for Lili
Food, Community, Asian Leads
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An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A heartfelt picture book celebration of food, community, and family―and little dumpling treasures from around the world. 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 leaves!), she sends Lili up to Babcia’s apartment on the sixth floor to get some. Babcia is happy to share her cabbage, but she needs some potatoes for her pierogi. . . . What follows is a race up and down the stairs as Lili helps all the grandmothers in her building borrow ingredients for different dumplings: Jamaican beef patties, Italian ravioli, Lebanese fatayer, and more. Energized by Melissa Iwai’s engaging artwork and kinetic storytelling, Dumplings for Lili is a joyful story of sharing food, friendship, and love in all their forms. Full color throughout
average rating is 4.9 out of 5, based on 35 votes, reviews
Eating the Alphabet
Alphabet, Food
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While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food.
average rating is 4.7 out of 5, based on 2321 votes, reviews
Edible Colors: See, Learn, Eat
Food, Colors
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With a combination of unusual foods and a kaleidoscope of colors, this concept book shows that not all foods have to look the same way. A banana can be red, broccoli can be purple, and cherries can be yellow and still taste just as delicious.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 297 votes, reviews
First Book of Sushi
Food, Asian Culture
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Miso in my sippy cup, tofu in my bowl! From tekka maki to wasabi, tasty treats await young readers in this colorful, rhyming ode to Japanese cuisine. With pages full of tummy-tempting foods, the books in the World Snacks series are a delicious way to introduce even the littlest eaters to cuisines from all around the globe.
average rating is 4.6 out of 5, based on 262 votes, reviews
Good Enough to Eat
Food
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A kids' nutrition guide written especially for kids. A practical, hands-on tool for families who want to eat a healthy diet, this book explains nutrition from carrots to cookies. Information is illustrated with a large or small picture, sometimes accompanied by labels or dialogue balloons. Pictures of healthy food are everywhere, prepared by and eaten with great enjoyment by a variety of people. There's an amazing amount of information packed into this inviting, clear, and valuable book.
average rating is 4.5 out of 5, based on 510 votes, reviews
Green Eggs and Ham
Best of Dr Seuss, Food
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All the fun of the original book is included in this abridged version of Dr. Seuss's beloved classic Green Eggs and Ham with interactive lift the flap pages and colorful stickers! From the bestselling author of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, The Cat and Hat, and Hop on Pop! I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am. Do you like green eggs and ham? If so, you'll love to flip the flaps with Sam-I-Am to see where those green eggs and ham will pop up next! With unmistakable characters and signature rhymes, Dr. Seuss’s beloved favorite has cemented its place as a children’s classic. —This board book edition is abridged from the full, original text.
average rating is 4.9 out of 5, based on 22077 votes, reviews
Growing Vegetable Soup
Fathers, Gardening, Food
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This is the boldest, brassiest garden book to hit the market, and what a delight. Intensely colored graphics capture the complete growing process from seed to cooking pot, with the focus on the plants. The unseen narrator describes the process of growing vegetable soup, from preparing the tools and digging holes for the seeds to weeding plants; picking vegetables; washing, chopping, and cooking themand finally enjoying the homemade soup while planning to grow more next year. It's a fresh presentation of the gardening cycle with a joyful conclusion, and the added attraction of an easy and tasty recipe for vegetable soup on the flyleaf. A book to help nourish healthy readers. (Barbara Peklo Serling, Oneida City Schools, N.Y.)
average rating is 4.7 out of 5, based on 410 votes, reviews
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Food, Travel
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Bake a delicious apple pie--and take a trip with this culinary global adventure! An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This picture book takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients for a delicious apple pie. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then hitch a ride to England and hijack a cow for the freshest possible milk. And, oh yes! Don't forget to go apple picking in Vermont! A simple recipe for apple pie is included.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 1204 votes, reviews
Junior CookBook
Food
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Written and designed to appeal to kids ages 5 to 12, this all-new edition of the Better Homes and Gardens New Junior CookBook features 65 brand-new recipes that are simple to make and a blast to eat. Each recipe includes a photo of the dish and unique and lively illustrations of characters that tell a story to complement the dish.
average rating is 4.5 out of 5, based on 1009 votes, reviews
Let's Bake a Cake!
Food, Lift the Flap
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Pull the tabs, lift the flaps, bake the cake! Start with innovative tabs that move in every direction to mix, bake, and decorate a real recipe. A very creative, simple yet sophisticated interactive board book.
average rating is 4.5 out of 5, based on 101 votes, reviews
Mealtime
Manners, Food
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Mealtime—“Yummy-in-the-tummy time”—is an opportunity to teach young children two major life skills: nutrition and table manners. Simple but important mealtime routines come to life as the toddlers in this book remember to wash their hands, use a napkin and fork or spoon, stay at the table, and eat healthy foods. Toddlers also learn the one big rule for mealtime: Always try one bite (“You just might like it!”).
average rating is 4.6 out of 5, based on 435 votes, reviews
Pandas Love Pickles
Animals, Food, Alphabet
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Pandas Love Pickles is a whimsical ABC book that explores animals, food, different cuisines, and alphabet letters in a way that will inspire your young eater to try new things at mealtime. Through gorgeous illustrations of animals paired with silly foods to try, your little one will be excited to discover new things to eat. Try it, you might love it! Now available in the Pandas Love series, Pandas Love Pizza! Featuring all new animals, and all new foods for your little one to try.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 814 votes, reviews
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes
Food
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Mollie Katzen, renowned author of The Moosewood Cookbook, and educator Ann Henderson bring the grown-up world of real cooking to a child’s level. Children as young as three years old and as old as eight become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper. Extensively classroom- and home-tested, these recipes are designed to inspire an early appreciation for creative, wholesome food. Whimsical watercolor critters and pictorial versions of each recipe will help the young cook understand and delight in the process. Just consider all that can be explored in the kitchen: counting, reading readiness, science awareness, self-confidence, patience, and, importantly, food literacy. Pizza, after all, does not come “from a telephone.” You and your child can have great fun finding this out!
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Superhero Foods
Food, Newborn Touch
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These Superhero Foods have some amazing, healthy superpowers. Get to know them as you read along in this rhyming, silicone touch and feel book that is sure to entertain your littlest superheroes. The touch and feel silicone textures add a sensory element to this board book for toddlers. Features a different touch and feel silicone element on the cover and each spread Interactive fun and tactile learning in this children's book will engage young readers' senses Toddlers will enjoy the different touch and feel elements and bright, colorful illustrations Rhyming text makes this sensory board book fun to read Add a new baby book to a child's library today! These fun children's board books are perfect for reading anytime or to give as gifts for special occasions such as, birthday gifts, baby shower wishing well gifts or for holidays such as Christmas, Easter or Valentine's Day. Look for our other touch and feel board books, children's padded board books, novelty books and more at amazon.com/littlehippobooks. Whether you're looking for well-known tales, tender or funny animal stories, or educational books for toddlers, Little Hippo® Books will become bedtime, or anytime, reading favorites for babies of all ages!
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The Seven Silly Eaters
Food
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A funny picture book about solving—finally!—a growing family's picky-eater problem! Peter wants only milk, Lucy won’t settle for anything but homemade lemonade, and Jack is stuck on applesauce... Each new addition to the household brings a new demand for a special meal. What’s a mother to do? "A highly comic rhyming romp that surprisingly (and nicely) twists into a birthday story.” —School Library Journal "Hoberman's riotous tale is spun like a Seussian fable." —New York Times Book Review
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The Toddler Cookbook
Food
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The perfect toddler-friendly cookbook that parents and children can enjoy together. Complete with easy recipes for a wide variety of dishes, from lettuce wraps to crunchy chicken dippers. Allows for multiple opportunities for toddlers to lend Mom or Dad a hand as they whip up new flavors. A fun way to spend quality time together and encourage your toddler to try new foods. Includes step-by-step photos so they can learn how to measure, sift, mix, and much more!
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The Ugly Vegetables
Food, Diverse Leads
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A Chinese-American girl and her mother grow a vegetable garden in a neighborhood where everyone else grows flowers. The girl thinks their plants are ugly compared to flowers, but soon learns that vegetables can make a very delicious soup one that the whole neighborhood wants to try. Soon everyone is growing Chinese vegetables as well as flowers.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 235 votes, reviews
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Classics, Food, Counting
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Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a eautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durably pages.
average rating is 4.9 out of 5, based on 57042 votes, reviews
The Watermelon Seed
Food, Worrying
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In this award-winning book for kids, the crocodile has a problem: he loves watermelon, but he’s afraid of what will happen if he eats one of the seeds–there’s only one way to find out! Crocodile loves watermelon, but what will happen when his greatest fear of swallowing a watermelon seed comes to pass? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? Only one thing is certain: his wild imagination will have kids laughing out loud and begging for another read. With perfect comic pacing, bold color and dynamic sense of design, three-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Award recipient Greg Pizzoli's picture book debut transforms this familiar childhood anxiety into a contemporary classic read-aloud perfect for fans of I Want My Hat Back. "[A]n expert debut." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Children will love this hilarious book. The story has broad appeal, making it a great first purchase." —School Library Journal (starred review)
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 1329 votes, reviews
Today Is Monday
Food, Days of the Week
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String beans, spaghetti, ZOOOOP, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice cream are the delicious fare during the week in this popular children's song. Until Sunday. Then, all the world's children are invited to come together and share in the meal. Celebrated artist Eric Carle brings new energy to these much-loved verses as lively animals parade across the page, munching on favorite dishes, and introducing young readers to the names of the days of the week. Both art and song invite children to join in the procession and sing along.
average rating is 4.7 out of 5, based on 953 votes, reviews
Yummy Yucky
Food
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Spaghetti is yummy, but worms - and blue crayons, and sand, and other things too gross to mention - are definitely yucky when tasted. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricelli’s spirited board book, YUMMY YUCKY stars an obliging, bald, and very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of opposites with comically dramatic effect.
average rating is 4.8 out of 5, based on 1708 votes, reviews

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