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Food and Farms

Cooking with kids and talking about the ways that food gets from farm to table is a great way to encourage environmental awareness--and it's tasty, too. Check out the cookbooks, informational titles and fun fiction below to get started.

Book cover Biscuit's Day at the Farm

Biscuit the dog meets hens, pigs, geese, and goats while visiting a farm.

Book cover Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm

Tired of being washed by Mrs. Wishy-Washy, a cow, pig, and duck leave her farm and head for the city.

Book cover What the World Eats

A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food.

Book cover Oliver's Milk Shake

Auntie Jen takes Oliver to a farm, buys the special ingredients she needs, and makes him a yummy scrummy fruity frothy icy nicy tip top tasty dreamy creamy milk shake.

Book cover The Jumbo Vegetarian Cookbook

Delicious recipes and fun food facts make this a good choice for kids interested in widening their repertoire of healthy dishes.

Book cover Kids Cook 1-2-3 : Recipes for Young Chefs Using Only 3 Ingredients

Simple and fast, this easy cookbook covers meals and snacks for any time of day.

Book cover Arthur's Tractor : A Fairy Tale with Mechanical Parts

Unaware that a princess in distress and a dragon on the loose are right behind him, Arthur the farmer thinks that the strange noises he keeps hearing are being made by his tractor breaking down.

Book cover DK Children's Cookbook

Presents illustrated explanations of cooking terms, equipment, techniques, preparation tips, advice on healthy eating, and more than fifty recipes.

Book cover Cook it Together

Taking 10 common ingredients that kids love, including tomatoes, potatoes, and chocolate, this cookbook explains where each food comes from and how it's made, then offers 20 healthful, easy-to-follow recipes.

Book cover Salad People and More Real Recipes : A New Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up

Introduces children as young as three the basics of cooking.

Book cover Our Farm : Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm

A journal of one year on the Bennett farm in central Ohio. Shows how one family, with the help of relatives and friends, creates a life and livelihood on a 150-acre farm.

Book cover Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase

Henry and his dog Mudge tangle with a grumpy goose when they visit a farm.

Book cover Punk Farm on Tour

While Farmer Joe is at the National Tractor Society Conference in Reno, his animals go on tour in a broken-down van, performing as the band called Punk Farm.

Book cover Tuttle's Red Barn : The Story of America's Oldest Family Farm

Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts, this straight-forward title introduces young readers to a historic location and a traditional way of life.