Summer Reading Program 2013
Reading is So Delicious! - Healthy Eating and Feeding the Hungry
Annotated Booklist for Tweens and Teens
Amazing Food Projects: Investigate the History and Science of What We Eat / Kathleen M. Reilly
Nomad Press, 2010, Gr. 4-6
Presents twenty-five projects designed to help kids learn about the food they eat, the role it plays in daily life, the importance of a healthy diet, and the history of food.
Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food / Charles Wilson and Eric Schlosser
Houghton Mifflin, 2007, Gr. 6+
Adapted from Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, this eye-opening read covers the history of the fast-food industry, its current practices, and the impact fast food has on the health and wellbeing of people, animals, and the environment.
Food for Feeling Healthy / Carol Ballard
Heinemann-Raintree, 2007, Gr. 6-9
An academic look at nutrition and how culture, advertising, and the media influence our food choices. Contains menus and tips on how to decipher food labels.
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual / Michal Pollan
Penguin Books, 2011, Gr. 7+
A collection of “simple, sensible, and easy to use rules” to help become more mindful of food choices. The latest edition includes illustrations by the wonderful Maira Kalman. Also check out the young reader’s edition of Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Fueling the Teen Machine / Ellen Shanley and Colleen Thompson
Bull Publishing Company, 2010, Gr. 7+
A very readable guide written for teens to empower them to make healthy food choices. Includes information on nutrition, practical tips for shopping and meal planning, and a section on eating disorders.
Generation V: The Complete Guide to Going, Being, and Staying Vegan as a Teenager / Claire Askew
Tofu Hound Press, 2011, Gr. 7-12
Practical information for tweens and teen considering a vegan diet. Offers advice on how to deal with reactions from family and friends, and how to approach shopping and meal planning with parents. Includes nutritional information, recipes, and inspirational stories.
Going Organic
Going Vegan
Going Vegetarian / Dana Meachen Rau
Compass Point Books, 2012, Gr. 5-9
These great guides for tween or hi-lo readers give readers the facts about organic, vegetarian, and vegan diets. They realistically outline the rewards and challenges of these choices. Also includes recipes, tips, and useful how-tos.
Hunger: Food Insecurity in America / Michael R. Wilson
Rosen, 2009, Gr. 6-9
Discusses hunger in the U.S., its causes, how it is linked to poverty and homeless, and possible solutions.
The Kids Guide to Service Projects / Barbara A. Lewis
Free Spirit Press, 2009, Gr. 4-7
This resource offers hundreds of ideas for service projects, resources and contacts, plus a list of “ten steps to successful service projects”. This could be a helpful resource for your book to action discussion group or for putting together a nutrition and food equality related service project.
The Scoop on What to Eat: What You Should Know About Diet and Nutrition / Kathlyn Gay
Enslow Publishing, 2009, Gr. 6-10
Discusses the best food sources for each nutrient, unhealthy eating and eating disorders, and facts and myths about dieting.
Vegan Lunch Box
Vegan Lunch Box Around the World / Jennifer McCann
Da Capo Press, 2008 and 2009, Gr. 6+
Use this book to make fun, cute, and beautiful bento box lunches with healthy, plant-based foods.
What the World Eats / Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel
Tricycle Press, 2008, Gr. 6+
This amazing book visits 25 families in 21 countries and presents photos of each family standing near a display of the foods they consume in a typical week. This book provides a compelling visual representation of global food disparity, as well as the vast diversity of our eating choices.