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Farm to Book Storytime®

Farm to Book Storytime® teaches your children about the sources of their food – how it is produced, grown, and transported from farm to table.  It also introduces new foods and flavors from different cultures and countries to help your children learn about how people use food to celebrate and share. We make these concepts accessible and fun for young children by using children’s literature read by a Spoons Across America Food Educator
 

In each video, there are foods that we encourage you to have your children taste and explore, and that correlate to the food discussed in the book. After watching a Farm to Book Storytime® video, we recommend that you give your children the opportunity to smell, taste, and talk about the new and unfamiliar foods mentioned in the book and learn about different cultures and customs.

 

Learning about new foods and tasting them will inspire your children to become adventurous eaters and to develop curiosity about taste, where their food is grown, and how different cultures use spices, and fresh ingredients in their cooking.

We have many books with activities! Here are a few to get started!

Click on a video to get started - We've prepared fun activity sheets and a virtual reading from our Spoons Educators!

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The Extraordinary Gardener

Written By: Sam Boughton

Illustrated By: Sam Boughton

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Soul Food Sunday

Written By: Winsome Bingham

Illustrated By: C.G. Esperanza

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Tofu Takes Time

Written By: Helen H. Wu

Illustrated By: Julie Jarema

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Let It Grow

Written By: Mary Ann Fraser

Illustrated By: Riley Samels

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Duck for Turkey Day

Written By: Jacqueline Jules

Illustrated By: Kathy Mitter

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Too Many Tamales

Written By: Jacqueline Jules

Illustrated By:

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Every Night Is Pizza Night

Written By: J. Kenji López-Alt

Illustrated By: Gianna Ruggiero

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Thank You, Mama

Written By: Linda Meeker

Illustrated By: Sandra Eide

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Kalamata's Kitchen

Written By: Sarah Thomas

Illustrated By: Jo Kosmides Edwards

My Family's Soybean Farm
Coming Soon!

Written By: Katie Olthoff

Illustrated By: Joe Hox

Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution
Coming Soon!

Written By: Diane Stanley

Illustrated By: Jessie Hartland

Kalamata's Orchard Adventure
Coming Soon!

Written By: Sarah Thomas

Illustrated By: Jo Kosmides Edwards

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