Books with Food: Idea #218

As a teacher I LOVED March 2 because that was Dr. Seuss Day! We read a million Dr. Seuss books, did special Dr. Seuss activities, made red and white stripes hats, and best of all we ate green eggs and ham. My students absolutely loved reading a story about green eggs and ham and then eating it. Why not make the books you read to your student (or your student reads to you) come to life? When you read stories that mention food, bring in the food to share. It will make your student excited to read. It will also cause your student to have a special connection to the book. I have a list below of some books that include food that you could share with your student:

1. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
2. A Very Hungry Caterpillar and Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle
3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Pig a Pancake and If You Give  Moose a Muffin and If You Give a Dog a Doughnut by Laura Joffe Numeroff
4. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloske 
5. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon 
6. Ice Cream Larry by Daniel M. Pinkwater
7. The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola  
8. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett 
9. Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert 
10. Pizza at Sally's by Monica Wellington 
11. Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban 
12. I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato by L. Child 

Have fun eating!