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You Need to Read: Very Hungry Caterpillar

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We all know that the Very Hungry Caterpillar is notorious for his love of food. Here are some food book that I believe he would love to chomp down on! 

A Family for Louie
By: Alexandra Thompson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020. Picture Book. 
Louie loves the best of foods and lives a very happy life. The only thing he is missing is a family. Will he find the perfect family?

Fussy Flamingo
By: Shelly James
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2020. Picture Book.
Lola does not like shrimp. Despite all of the encouragement from her flamingo family, whenever everyone's back's are turned she finds new foods to try that turn her all sorts of wild colors.

Halal Hot Dogs
By: Susannah Aziz
Little Bee Books, 2021. Picture Book.
Musa's family rotates picking the food they will eat to celebrate after Jummah Prayer each week. When it is his turn, he has the perfect treat- Halal hot dogs!

By: Barbara Lehman
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. Picture Book.
In this book, based off of the classic fairytale, a cat follow's Little Red and the cake in her basket all the way to grandma's house!

By: Janae Brown-Wood
Peachtree Pub Co Inc., 2022. Picture Book.
Miguel explores the community garden in search for a sunflower. Can you help him find one?

Paletero Man
By: Lucky Diaz
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. Picture Book.
A young boy tracks down the ice cream man, but by the time he finds him his money is missing? What will he do?
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Ms. Yingling said…
I loved A Family for Louie. Such a heart warming tale, and I'm not usually a fan of heart warming.
May 18, 2022 at 3:39 AM
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