• Pre-school • Schoolage

Drat that fat cat! by:Pat Thomson

A fat cat in search of food eats up everything he meets until he swallows a bee.

The giant jam sandwich by:John Vernon Lord

The town creates a huge jam sandwich to solve their pesky problem.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs by:Judi Barrett

Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Bark, George. by:Jules Feiffer

A mother dog tries to teach her pup how to bark, and is surprised at why he wasn't learning.

Anansi and the talking melon by:Eric A. Kimmel

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

The wide-mouthed frog : a pop-up book by:Keith Faulkner

A wide-mouthed frog is interested in what other animals eat--until he meets a creature that eats only wide-mouthed frogs!

Mother Mother I feel sick, send for the doctor, quick quick quick by:Remy Charlip

An extraordinary stomachache is cured when a doctor removes a large number of strange objects from the victim's stomach. Includes instructions for performing the story as a shadow play.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by:Simms Taback

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.
(Caldecott Honor Book)

Potato Face
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/potatohead/

NOTE: I like to use real potatos and let the children decorate them with pipe cleaners and other fun items.

Pretend soup and other real recipes : a cookbook for preschoolers & up
by; Katzen, Mollie

This is one of my favorite cookbooks for young children.