How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food

by Chris Butterworth, Lucia Gaggiotti (Illustrator)

Overview

"Equally informative and appetite-whetting." — The Horn Book


One of the best parts of a young child’s day is opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did that delicious food get there? From planting wheat to mixing dough, climbing trees to machine-squeezing fruit, picking cocoa pods to stirring a vat of melted bliss, here is a clear, engaging look at the steps involved in producing some common foods. Health tips and a peek at basic food groups complete the menu.
Back matter includes an index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536220988
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	11/03/2020
Series:	Exploring the Everyday Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	740L (what's this?)
File size:	14 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Chris Butterworth is the author of Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea, winner of a John Muir prize for natural history writing. The author of many nonfiction books for children, she lives in Cornwall, England.


Lucia Gaggiotti is a graphic designer, packager, and illustrator whose images of food have been used by many food companies in London, including Carluccios and Pizza Express. She lives in London.

When I was little I lived in two wild bits of England: near the wild Cornish cliffs of Land’s End and in the middle of Devonshire moorland on Dartmoor. I spent hours poking around in rock pools and lifting up stones to see what was underneath, because I was always nosy. (Everyone in the world is born curious, and if you’re lucky, you stay that way forever.) As an adult, I lived in London for a long time, but now I’m back in the far west of England, near Land’s End — and I’m still nosy.


That’s why I write information books — there’s always something else to find out about, and writing about a thing is the best way to find out about it. I started writing information books when my own children were little. I couldn’t find the sort of book I wanted them to read, so I wrote one of my own. I’ve written about all sorts of things: from influenza to Antarctic exploration, from giant squid to the ancient Egyptians. What am I most interested in? That’s easy—it’s whatever I’m writing about at the moment.

Three Things You Might Not Know About Me:

1. My favorite place to be is lying tucked up warm in bed, listening to the rain and the wind outside lashing against the windows.

2. I like food—my daughter’s first word was “more,” and my son’s first word was “cake,” so I think they must take after me!

3. I can speak cat—at least, I can to my own two cats.

Editorial Reviews

Reader-directed prose and cheerfully retro artwork...an accessible primer for families looking to foster healthy habits
—Publisher's Weekly

Breezily presenting highlights without getting mired in details...Mouth-watering descriptions could almost stand alone...Retro cartoon illustrations are equally informative and appetite-whetting
—Horn Book

Children who haven't given the subject further thought will find this sunny, high-energy account of food production and distribution an appetizing eye-opener.
—Booklist

A great springboard to units on food and nutrition.
—School Library Journal

Results of reading this book include a greater understanding of the farm-to-table methodology as well as hunger pangs.
—Library Media Connection

A great book that unpeels a whole new world of understanding for kids who want to know more about their food. The book provides kids step-by-step illustrations about how farmers and others do their part to get food from the farm to their lunchboxes.
—Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

Using kitschy illustrations, this book traces how carrots, cookies, and other kid-fave fare travels from the farm to school.
—Parents

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