Today on our YouTube channel, we're showing off picture books that include recipes your family can create together! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more top reads, and borrow one of these fun foodie books to bring reading to life in your kitchen.
Dumpling Day by Meera Sriram
Readers follow ten diverse families as they cook dumplings inside their homes in preparation for a neighbourhood potluck. Authentic recipes for all the dumplings and a map showing their regions of origin are included in the endnotes.
Ages 4-8.
Hot Pot Night by Vincent Chen
In this version of the classic Stone Soup tale, nobody in the apartment building has enough ingredients for dinner, so a Taiwanese child suggests that they have a community hot pot night. Everybody contributes something, bringing their diverse community together for a delicious meal. Includes a recipe for hot pot.
Ages 3-7.
Every Color Soup by Jorey Hurley
Purple, yellow, orange, and red. Just the right mix of colored vegetables make a delicious soup in this tasty introduction to colors, counting, and veggies.
Ages 3-7.
Apple Cake by Dawn Casey
A child says thank you for the gifts nature provides, from hazelnuts in the hedge to apples from the tree, eggs from the hens to milk from the cow. Eventually, the family has enough ingredients to make something special...a delicious apple cake!
Ages 3-5.
Every Night Is Pizza Night by J. Kenji López-Alt
Every Night Is Pizza Night is a story about open-mindedness, community, and family. With a bonus pizza recipe for young readers to cook with their parents, it will make even the pickiest eaters hungry for something new.
Ages 3-5.
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation. It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us. It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference.
Ages 3-6.
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang
Meet the funny, fierce, and fearless Amy Wu, who is determined to make a perfect bao bun today. Can she rise to the occasion?
Ages 4-8.
