Use the resources in this collection to create your own Books On The Menu (BOTM) program. BOTM is a program in which your oldest elementary students can mentor the youngest students (their "bookmates") in reading. Through this themed collection, children satisfy their cravings for books and stories that focus on food while building new friendships. Download the Teacher's Handbook to get started.

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Bread and Jam for Frances

Written by Russell Hoban and Illustrated by Lillian Hoban
Frances will only eat bread and jam, so her parents agree that that’s all she will eat. Children...
Pre-K - 3rd

Bread Bread Bread

Written by Ann Morris and Illustrated by Ken Heyman
Tortillas? Baguettes? Bagels? What kind of bread do you eat? Bread is a food enjoyed by people in...
Pre-K - 3rd

Chicken Little

Written and Illustrated by Steven Kellogg

"The sky is failing! The sky is failing!" Chicken Little and her feathered friends are all aflutter...

Pre-K - 3rd

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Written by Judi Barrett and Illustrated by Roland Barrett
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town, except for its weather...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Doorbell Rang

Written by Pat Hutchins
Ma makes a batch of a dozen chocolate chip cookies for her children. Each child has six cookies. But...
Pre-K - 3rd

Everybody Cooks Rice

Written by Norah Dooley and Illustrated by Peter J. Thornton

Carrie goes from one neighbor's house to the next looking for her brother, who is late for dinner...

K - 3rd

Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia

Written by Carmen Lomas Garza (Paintings & Stories) and Illustrated by Sandra Cisneros (Introduction) & Pat Mora (Afterword)

Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales...

1st - 6th
18184

Feast for 10

Written by Cathryn Falwell
What does it take to feed 10 hungry people? When everyone in the family helps, the feasting can...
Pre-K - 1st

Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Written by Mitchell Sharmat and Illustrated by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey

Gregory isn't like most goats. Instead of indulging in delicacies like old shoes, boxes, and bottle...

Pre-K - 3rd

How My Parents Learned to Eat

Written by Ina R. Friedman and Illustrated by Allen Say

An American sailor courts a young Japanese woman and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way...

Pre-K - 3rd
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How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World

Written and Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Hitch a ride around the world to pick up every ingredient you need for an apple pie and learn all...

Pre-K - 2nd
18320

I Need a Lunch Box

Written by Jeannette Caines
Sometimes it's hard to be a younger brother and watch your older sister get everything she needs to...
Pre-K - 2nd

The Little Red Hen (Folk Tale Classics)

Written and Illustrated by Paul Galdone

Little Red Hen is a time-tested cautionary tale about how we reap what we sow. When the hen asks a...

Pre-K - 3rd

Mel's Diner

Written by Marissa Moss

Mabel enjoys helping her father and mother run their diner, a friendly and comfortable place where...

K - 4th

More Spaghetti, I Say! (Scholastic Reader Level 1)

Written by Rita Golden Gelman and Illustrated by Mort Gerberg

Minnie loves spaghetti. So much so, that he's too busy eating it to even play! Can he convince his...

Pre-K - 3rd

The Paper Crane

Written and Illustrated by Molly Bang

Business returns to a once-prosperous restaurant when a mysterious stranger pays for his meal with a...

Pre-K - 3rd

Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme

Written and Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott

A favorite play rhyme takes on super-duper proportions as two children create a table-sized sandwich...

Pre-K - 1st

Pizza Party! (Hello Reader Level 1)

Written by Grace MacCarone and Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

A 1993 Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and the author of Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox come together...

Pre-K - 3rd

Sheep Out to Eat

Written by Nancy Shaw and Illustrated by Margot Apple

The sheep are back, and this time they're hungry, venturing into a tea shop for even more rollicking...

Pre-K - 3rd
15873

Stone Soup

Written by Marcia Brown and Illustrated by Maricia Brown
Based on an old French folktate, the story is about how three hungry soldiers outsmart the selfish...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Stories Julian Tells

Written by Ann Cameron and Illustrated by Ann Strugnell
Julian loves to tell stories, but they’re not always true. His most captive audience is his younger...
1st - 4th
15442

Strega Nona

Written and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Strega Nona, or Grandmother Witch, is a witch doctor who helps the people in her village with her...
Pre-K - 3rd

Thunder Cake

Written by Patricia Polacco

A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Too Many Tamales

Written by Gary Soto and Illustrated by Ed Martinez

Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria. Snow had fallen and the streets glittered. Maria's...

Pre-K - 3rd