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Books to Read...When You're Hungry

When you're super hungry, you may or may not want to read books about food, depending on how hangry you are. Books about food usually involve puns, and fabulous illustrations. Here are a few books you can read when you feel your tummy get a little rumbly:

By Bob Holt
Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2021. Picture Book.

This yummy book is full of great food and hilarious puns. Because this book is about how great you are, it will make you smile and boost your self-esteem at the same time.

Written by Vanessa Howl
Illustrated by Pablo Pino
RP Kids, 2021. Picture Book.

Frankie the Flamingo and their friends always order shrimp dishes when they go out to eat. Frankie decides that she wants to be a foodie, so she starts to make food with ingredients other than shrimp. Since she's a flamingo, she turns whatever color the food is that she eats. She convinces her friends to become foodies too, and pretty soon there are rainbow flamingos all over.

Written by Winsome Bingham
Illustrated by C.G. Esperanza
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021. Picture Book

This vibrant picture book follows a young child and their grandmother on a Sunday afternoon. Together, they prepare soul foods like mac n cheese, greens, meat, and iced tea for dinner.

By Monica Arnaldo
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2021.

Grub, the raccoon, is foraging for some food in the dumpster when he finds Seed. Seed doesn't know what kind of seed they are, so Grub plants Seed in hopes that it will someday sprout cheeseburgers. 

By Miquel Oróñez
Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2022. Board Book. 

This board book is interactive, and so much fun to read. It shows parts of a food, and you can guess what food it will make. When you turn the page, the answer is revealed!

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