Cooking & Food

Shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Picture Book Award and selected as an OLA Best Bet for 2012

It's time for Ferdie to eat lunch, but he'd much rather find the special part for his fighter ship. When big sister Viola promises to help him, he comes to the table. But he finds broccoli on his plate, and carrots! Ever resourceful an …

When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian decides to start a boycott and stop everyone he can from eating at Frankie's, a huge fast-food chain with a questionable menu. The boycott takes off and Frankie's gets concerned. The company's lawyers threaten Ian and his friends and try to force them …

A Newbery Honor Book, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award and Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Award

Eleven-year-old Primrose is having a difficult time. Her parents have been lost at sea, but she knows — somewhere, deep inside herself — that they are still alive. While …

At mealtime, Victor embarks on an unexpected and unlikely adventure through the turbulent waters of his fish soup. Pelted by peas and carrots, he barely makes it to the island where there is a dark woodland of celery sticks. There he battles a ferocious pepper dragon. Victor overcomes the onslaught of the ingredients he dreads with the help of mino …

"When ear-scratcher (the duke) and Calls-Me-Sweetie-Pie (the Duchess) do not return in time to host their family's famous series of tea parties, Lady Ginny (the poodle) and Codger (the cat) must step in. Codger slows them down a bit, but with the help of Cook and two tiny and unusual characters, they entertain eleven gatherings of guests from mount …