Tasty Reads - Nonfiction

Food sprite Peri travels the world to explore the history of desserts with facts, legends, and recipes for readers to try at home.

This book introduces fun food inventions, from graham crackers to ketchup, and describes the stories behind the inventions.

From the tallest cake ever made to the most peanut butter and jelly sandwiches eaten in a minute, these Guinness World Records will make you hungry for greatness!

"A curious child who always knew he wanted to be an inventor when he grew up, Frank spent much of his youth experimenting in his basement laboratory -- mixing and measuring, testing and inspecting, studying and scrutinizing. One of his favorite things to experiment with was soda water, and one day after discovering the perfect flavoring for his most recent invention, he left it outside on his back porch with a spoon in it. The next morning, the drink...

The world of cute art has a delicious style of fusing food and character drawings--and this ultra-adorable book by Angela Nguyen features a menagerie of irresistibly sweet creatures. How about a hot dog with an actual dog inside, kitty sushi, or bear eggs on toast? It's all so simple: ellipses and circles become a plate of pancakes garnished with blueberries that have ears, eyes, and smiles. Turn a triangle into an animal-topped slice of pizza--or...

"This illustrated nonfiction anthology is a collection of stories and recipes about antiracism from 21 North American children's authors." --

Follows Will Allen's work to revolutionize the way kids think about food and where it comes from, by developing urban farms and establishing farmer's markets, in order to feed the world.