The Best Food Books for Kids

One deeply skeptical diner is offered the same odd green breakfast in a box, a house, a boat, and the rain.

A pot of thick red stew smells so good that the whole block starts knocking, one hungry visitor at a time.

A poetic exploration of the significance of fry bread in Native American culture and identity.

Wild greens gathered out of a muddy roadside ditch land on the dinner table, to the deep embarrassment of the child expected to eat them.

In a school where not one word makes sense, the only familiar thing all day is what got packed for lunch.

Seven children each demand one exact food, until a birthday accident invents a single dish that suits them all.

A boy's summer changes when he uses Enemy Pie to turn a foe into a friend.

In a town where every meal falls from the sky, the forecast turns dangerously oversized.

The market is closed, so the only remaining option is to fetch every ingredient from wherever it actually grows.

A man's quest to create instant ramen changes the world.

A little pea refuses to eat sweets. Can he find a way to enjoy them?

A year of months rolls past, and every single one turns out to be improved by a hot bowl of soup.

A poor boy finds a golden ticket to visit a mysterious and magical chocolate factory

Can Granny's stories and recipes mend a fractured friendship?

A fifty-dollar bet comes down to whether one boy can eat fifteen worms in fifteen days.