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Arianna's Nutrition Expedition™ Book List

Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch
by Bill Haduch and Rick Stromoski (Illustrator)
Puffin Books, 2001
ISBN 0141311479
Ages 9 to 13
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Cool enough for kids to savor and scientific enough to be a valuable resource for kids, this comprehensive book on food and nutrition includes fascinating facts and information, jokes and stories, easy-to-digest information on complicated ideas like amino acids and recipes, and more.

A Big Cheese for the White House: The True Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar
by Candace Fleming and S.D. Schindler
DK Publishing, 1999
ISBN 0789425734
Ages 4 to 8
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This rollicking tale describes how the villagers of Cheshire, Massachusetts made a giant cheese weighing 1,235 pounds from the milk of 935 cows and transported it to Washington so President Jefferson would serve their cheese for years to come. Though the author notes some of the characters are fictional, the story is based on true events. Children's mouths will be watering for cheese after your read this tale, so plan a tasting party. This book provides an opportunity to talk about Dental Health Month and protective effect cheese has on teeth, as well as President's Day.

Rice Is Life
by Ying Chang Compestine and Tungwai Chau (Illustrator)
Henry Holt & Company, 2000
ISBN 0805057196
Ages 4 to 9
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This book is a wonderful way to teach children about the food that's a staple for over half the world's population. Set in Bali, it uses golden-hue illustrations, prose vignettes and poetry to describe nature and farming life in a sawah or rice field in Indonesia.

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