As the new computer lab teacher tries to bring Ella Mentry School into the twenty-first century with her peculiar inventions, second-grader A.J. struggles to survive without sugary snacks when Principal Klutz bans junk food.

"A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love--and life--she's been looking for"--

Angelina D'Angelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband. One night she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the her passion for cooking. With more food than she can possibly eat, Angelina delivers the results of her marathon to the neighbors in her South Philly community. Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his sister across the street, is positively delighted with Angelina's...

"A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden...

"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...

Louise is given all sorts of reasons for eating her peas. Includes suggested learning activities.

Students in Mr. Banter's class discover something new about each other while sharing what foods they bring for lunch.

Julia Daniel doesn't really feel at home anywhere. Her life in L.A. is lonely, and her career as a food stylist for a struggling gourmet magazine falls well short of her deisre to be a photographer. Although she liked growing up in Kentucky, ever since her mother's death and her father's remarriage, her birthplace hasnt' felt like the right fit. But after the tragic deaths of her father and stepmother in a plane crash, Julia's true odyssey begins....

Mike is afraid of learning to swim but is helped by his father, his best friend Lizzie, and a very unusual food.