Reshma loves her family's hands-on eating style, but when she discovers her friends have different eating customs, she worries about what they will think when they see how her family eats. Includes a recipe for Green Beans Thoran.
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Family Literacy Day 2026
Family Literacy Day is Tuesday, January 27, 2026. This year's theme is "Make Mealtime Family Learning Time". Read new and favourite books together at bedtime or during quiet time.
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- A poignant and poetic picture book celebrating traditional Indigenous harvesting, foods, and the connections that these build for all our relations. It's a special day: the young protagonist in this memorable story is learning her grandfather's…
- Amy is determined to make a perfect dumpling like her parents and grandmother do, but hers are always too empty, too full, or not pinched together properly.
- Tomorrow is Kalamata's first day at a new school, and she's nervous! If only Kalamata and Al Dente could go to back to the Indian spice market they visited this summer, then maybe she'd remember how to feel brave when new experiences seem scary.…
- In a kingdom full of busy, clever people, no one has time to cook. Luckily the Knights of Dinner make sure the villagers are well fed. It could be Pizza Knight or Noodle Knight, Dumpling Knight, even New Recipe Knight! No knight is everybody's…
- The tables are turned when three children try to get their picky eater parents to try just one bite of healthy whole foods, with hilarious results.
- As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
- As Neela and her mother cook together, they find a way for Neela's grandmother, who lives in India, to share in both the love and the flavors of the day. Includes tomato facts.
- "Niam" is an Inuktitut word that means "yum," and the recipes in this book are kid-tested for tastiness--a sure sign that they will live up to the name! From simple smoothies to jerk chicken to pizza from scratch, there is something in this book for…
- Join Bluey and Bingo at their fancy restaurant and learn how to make lots of yummy recipes--for real life.
- When Alice agreed to appear in a reality cooking show with her father, she had no idea she'd find herself in the middle of a mystery! Will Alice and her new friends be able to save the show? A light-hearted and funny middle grade novel for fans of…
Let's Cook Together!
With 40 Fun, Healthy Recipes
Elmo, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street help make cooking fun by introducing 40 healthy and yummy recipes! Little chefs and their families will learn about healthy habits, food prep, cooking tools, and kitchen safety. With…- When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
- Dad rises before the sun, goes to work at the bakery where he kneads, rolls, and bakes bread, and as the world starts its day, Dad heads home to his young daughter where they play, read, and bake together.
- "Lizzie (nicknamed Little Chef) loves to cook, and with the help of her parents, she is making the most special dish for her grandmother-Super Special Smashed Sweet Potatoes. Like all special dishes, a secret ingredient is a must! Full of excited…
- Using illustrations that show the diversity in Native America and spare poetic text that emphasizes fry bread in terms of provenance, this volume tells the story of a post-colonial food that is a shared tradition for Native American families all…
- "When their train makes a ten-minute stop at the station in Jaipur, a young girl and her mother hurry to get in line for a cup of chai. The girl orders two cups, and then delights in watching the chaiwala at work-grinding the spices, adding scoops…
- After lunch at a very crowded jazz cafe, a boy and his Auntie Nina are inspired to create a feast of their own with such treats as Thelonious Monk Fish and Nat King Cole Slaw.
- A young girl searches for pumpkins on her farm in this joyful celebration of cool-weather fruits and vegetable.
- One father-son duo make a pizza so delicious, and so over-the-top with toppings, that it destroys the universe-and will surely melt readers' minds and hearts, like warm mozzarella. It's a tale as old as time: a kid wants to make a pizza with his…
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