Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie
The Stories Behind the Foods We Love
$39.99
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
23 January 2024
Summary
How did a pizza become a pizza? Is a pickle really a cucumber in disguise? Explore fascinating food history, nutrition, and American culture through this middle-grade graphic-format nonfiction book for kids that answers oft-asked questions about the foods we love, explaining how they came to be.
Whether it’s pizza and pickles or sushi and salad, there’s a story behind all of our favorite foods. From breakfast to dinner, this book explores popular foods from our history, and explains t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781662670138 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1662670133 |
| Author: | David Rickert |
| Publisher: | Astra Publishing House |
| Imprint: | Astra Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 23 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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2024 Kansas NEA Reading Circle List
“A broader perspective for readers who think no further than cupboards and fridges when asked where their food comes from….tasty.” —Kirkus Reviews
“PIZZA, PICKLES, AND APPLE PIE is a breezy, brief, illustrated history of many of today’s popular foods. Told in comic format, this engrossing piece of nonfiction for middle graders… (is) the sort of fun, catch-your-eye, nonfiction book that a kid can pick up, thumb through, and read a section. (The book) will readily lend itself to multicultural food discussions, related classroom cooking projects, and food-sharing activities. Young readers will enjoy the cartoonish digital illustrations featuring tons of food, multicultural characters, and a cartoonish Thomas Jefferson chowing down on his beloved waffles. Try it! It’s good for you!” —Richie Partington, Richie’s Picks
“This history of food favorites is both informative and entertaining. Over the course of a few pages per food kids learn how certain foods were developed and evolved over the decades (or centuries)…Wonderful, detailed graphic novel style illustrations show the amazing varieties of food both throughout history and around the world.” —Youth Services Book Review
About The Author
David Rickert
David Rickert is an educator, author, and illustrator of comics. After receiving his teaching degree from Ohio State University, David was inspired to create comics for education. His work is available on Teachers Pay Teachers, where teachers around the world use his comics as an effective way to teach English to young readers.
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