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!
The Extraordinary Gardener
Written By: Sam Boughton
Illustrated By: Sam Boughton
Soul Food Sunday
Written By: Winsome Bingham
Illustrated By: C.G. Esperanza
Tofu Takes Time
Written By: Helen H. Wu
Illustrated By: Julie Jarema
Let It Grow
Written By: Mary Ann Fraser
Illustrated By: Riley Samels
Duck for Turkey Day
Written By: Jacqueline Jules
Illustrated By: Kathy Mitter
Too Many Tamales
Written By: Jacqueline Jules
Illustrated By:
Every Night Is Pizza Night
Written By: J. Kenji López-Alt
Illustrated By: Gianna Ruggiero
Thank You, Mama
Written By: Linda Meeker
Illustrated By: Sandra Eide
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