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Savory Stories

Check out these kids fiction books, movies, and graphic novels all about food and cooking! *This list was created by Sarah from our Colbern Road Library Center and Scott from our Reader Engagement Department.*

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16 items

  • From Plant to Plate

    Turn Homegrown Ingredients Into Healthy Meals!

    Gadzekpo, Darryl
    This attention-grabbing cookbook will be all the rage for young chefs looking for great plant-based recipes! Filled with great information about food and the environment.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024. — 635 G118
  • What if everything your lips touched turned to chocolate? Chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream, chocolate bread! Available in multiple formats.
    eBook, 2013HarperCollins, 2013
  • A silly graphic novel about two aliens who claim to be experts at things like making hummus. Let's just say that hilarity ensues and an actual hummus recipe follows.
    Graphic Novel, 2024Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2024. — JF BOUKARIM V. 1
  • America's Test Kitchen. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs

    100+ Recipes That You'll Love to Cook and Eat!

    For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is bringing their scientific know-how, rigorous testing, and hands-on learning to kids in the kitchen! This cookbook is full of kid-tested and approved recipes such as: cupcakes, breakfast tacos,…
    Book, 2018Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2018] — 641.5 AM35CO
  • After observing new chef Alfredo Linguini accidentally ruining a soup at a restaurant, Remy the rat fixes it for him. Remy and Alfredo continue working together cooking some of the restaurant's most delicious meals.
    DVD, 2007Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007] — 791.43 RATATOUILLE
  • Rutabaga loves traveling to foreign lands and finding new ingredients to use in his magical cauldron. This graphic novel has recipes that you can cook at home!
    Graphic Novel, 2015New York : Amulet Books, 2015. — JF COLOSSAL
  • Baking Wonderland

    a Mix and Match Cookbook for Kids!

    Parker, Jean (Baker),
    Sure baking is a science, but it can also be a little bit of an adventure! Give this to your experimental cooks that need a little interactivity in their recipe following.
    Book, 2023[Vancouver, British Columbia] : Appetite by Random House, [2023] — 641.815 P226
  • Abe's half-Israeli, Half-Palestinian family hasn't ever had a meal that ends in a fight. It's a bit discouraging for the aspiring chef, but a summer with a street chef may be just the recipe he's been looking for.
    DVD, 2020Philadelphia, PA : Breaking Glass Pictures, [2020] — 791.43 ABE
  • Pizza

    the Cool Stories and Facts Behind Every Slice

    Towler, Paige
    Ask a classroom of kids their favorite food and you're sure to get more than a few "pizza" answers. But how did this saucy treat become such a popular food? Find out in this inventive, comprehensive title!
    Book, 2023New York : Union Square Kids, [2023] — 641.8248 T659
  • In the first book of the Phoebe G. Green series, Phoebe befriends Camille, the new girl at school who happens to be French. Phoebe is determined to get invited to her new friend’s house for dinner to see what other mysterious food Camille eats.
    Book, 2014New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014] — JE
  • Rich illustrations accompany the story of Little Lobo who, with the help of a new bike and his trusty dog, pick up and deliver food to the hungry luchadores! Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner!
    Book, 2020Boston : Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — JE RAUL THE THIRD
  • GRoss out your friends and family by making chewy caterpillars, slimy worms, and cat poop in a litter box! All of the food tastes better than it looks. Available in multiple formats.
    Book, 2017Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2017] — 641.502 T228
  • After a mysterious man gives James a bag of magical "crocodile tongues," a peach on his aunt's peach tree begins to grow and grow and grow, becoming as big as a house!
    DVD, 2010Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2010] — 791.43 JAMES
  • "Taco and Pizza are the best besties that ever bested. That is until Taco declares Pizza to be the best and Pizza agrees with him! Now the competition really starts. Which one will be the best, and what does the best even mean? You'll have to read…
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : Random House Children's Books, [2020] — JF SHASKAN
  • "All the creatures from Filipino folklore were never supposed to be real. So what are siblings JJ and Althea supposed to do when these creatures come to life and threaten their family?" -Annotation by Kayla from our Excelsior Springs Branch
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2023. — JF STERLING
  • Leonora has always wanted to help out in her family's bakery, but time and time again, she's told that she is too young. After sneaking into the bakery one day, Leo finds out that the women in her family are all witches.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — JF MERIANO