Kids Cooking: Students Prepare and Eat Foods from Around the World by George Ancona
Published by Candlewick Press on October 23rd 2018
ISBN: 0763698768
Pages: 32
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Kids Cooking follows chefs from the organization Cooking with Kids as they teach students about healthy global cooking in Santa Fe schools.  The book presents the reader with five international dishes from places such as Morocco, Italy, and Mexico. Bright pictures make up most of each page demonstrating the children cutting vegetables, mixing, and tasting the dishes.  Colorful crayon drawings made by the students are scattered throughout the book. The text and sentence structure target a younger audience (5-8) though the names of the students (Esteban, Anissah) and the dishes (chermoula, minestrone) may be challenging to read.  Basic descriptions are provided including the country of origin, ingredients needed, and how to assemble the dish. The author concludes each recipe with a phrase from another language having to do with eating. A link is included in the acknowledgements with easy to read and understand recipes.  Teachers may find this book useful as a read aloud when introducing a unit on food around the world.

Reviewed by Heather Hale, Easton School District, Easton