{"id":19930,"date":"2018-12-13T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=19930"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:02:00","slug":"popcorn-cupcakes-and-cookbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/popcorn-cupcakes-and-cookbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn, Cupcakes and Cookbooks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s talk about food! Last weekend, I was eating a yummy BIG bowl of popcorn and started to think about all of the fabulous 2018 children\u2019s books about food.\u00a0\u00a0How can you use these new books in library program or storytime?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our winter storytime theme is all about STEAM so I immediately thought of the Science of Food!\u00a0\u00a0Instead of using my old favorites including\u00a0A Birthday for Cow<\/i>\u00a0by Jan Thomas<\/a> or Too Many Pears! <\/i>by Jackie French<\/a>, I selected a combination of silly and informational new books.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you seen the picture book,\u00a0Who Eats Orange<\/i>? by Dianne White<\/a> with its fabulous goat cover? Below is list of children\u2019s food books perfect to share at storytime or use in a library program. (Explore the full Bibliocommons list here<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n

STEAM Food Storytime, School Visits and Programs:<\/span><\/b>
\nA is for Artichoke: A Foodie Alphabet From Artichoke to Zest by America’s Test Kitchen<\/span><\/a>
\nFood Fight Fiesta: A Tale of La Tomatina by Tracey Kyle<\/span><\/a>
\nA Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin<\/a>
\nThe Cookie Stall (Art) by Jonathan Litton (STEAM stories series)<\/a>
\nHello, Hot Dog by Lily Murray<\/span><\/a>
\nSummer Supper by Rubin Pfeffer<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWho Eats Orange? by Dianne White<\/a> (My favorite storytime book this week!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonfiction:<\/strong>
\nKids Cooking: Students Prepare and Eat Foods from Around the World by George Ancona
\nCooking with STEAM by Annette Gulati
\nKids Bake: 100+ Sweet and Savory Recipes by Hearst Books
\nCooking Step by Step<\/p>\n

Library Programs:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

My favorite cookbook this year for all ages is\u00a0Cook with Amber: Fun, Fresh Recipes to Get You in the Kitchen by Amber Kelley.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/a> It\u2019s an engaging cookbook, perfect for tween camps at the library.\u00a0 Try the Fizzy Fruit or Zucchini Puffs! The Family Meals section provides a wonderful selection of recipes to try at home too.\u00a0 Bonus: Share one of the videos from her Cook with Amber YouTube channel.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cWhat’s the Science?\u201d sections in Jane Bull\u2019s new book,\u00a0Crafty Science: More than 20 Sensational STEAM Projects for Little Makers to Create at Home<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is amazing!\u00a0\u00a0The book creates an instant library program with popcorn or cupcakes! Photographs of each step throughout the book guide children on new discoveries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of fun are you cooking up in the library?\u00a0 It might be a make-believe play time in the Early Learning Space, a STEAM program for ages 6-11 or an interactive song about veggies at storytime.\u00a0 Share your favorite new food-related children\u2019s book in the comments below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This post addresses the following ALSC Core Competencies:\u00a0III. Programming Skills and IV. Knowledge, Curation, and Management of Materials.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s talk about food! Last weekend, I was eating a yummy BIG bowl of popcorn and started to think about all of the fabulous 2018 children\u2019s books about food.\u00a0\u00a0How can you use these new books in library program or storytime?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[703,1604,1614,1607],"tags":[228,1665,585,117],"class_list":["post-19930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-paige-bentley-flannery","category-competencies-for-librarians-serving-children-in-public-libraries","category-knowledge-curation-and-management-of-materials","category-programming-skills","tag-childrens-programs","tag-cookbooks","tag-food","tag-storytime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}