Children's Non-Fiction, People & Places

France

Name: France
Author: Kathy Elgin
ISBN: 9780791097663

by Kathy Elgin

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Overview

Dive into this feast of tasty facts about the food and cooking of France. Learn all about the climate, history, religion, and culture of France and how they have influenced the national cuisine. Read this book and discover:

delicious French pastries like the religieuse, shaped like a nun!

delicacies like frogs' legs and snails, cow brain and tongue

April Fish Day, when children eat chocolate fish and try to pin paper ones on the backs of unsuspecting friends

The book contains three recipes with clear, step-by-step instructions, so you can try cooking up some popular French dishes for yourself.

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Children's Literature - Jeanne K. Pettenati J.D.

Mouthwatering pastries and cakes invite young readers to explore French cuisine by learning about its climate, history, religion and culture. With simple, direct text and colorful photos, illustrations and maps, children learn how these factors have influenced the foods eaten in France. Frogs legs anyone? Snails? Cow brains? Tongue? What will picky eaters think about these food choices? They might prefer April Fish Day, when children eat chocolate fish and play games. An excellent choice for home and school libraries, the text and illustrations introduce readers to a world different from their own and encourage exploration of new foods. Along the way, children learn quite a bit about the country. This appealing title, which is one in an eight-volume series entitled "A World of Food," contains a glossary, index, several step-by-step recipes, and places to go for further information. Other countries in the series include India, Italy, Mexico and China, Nigeria, Lebanon and the Caribbean. This book was selected for a Library Media Connections Editors Choice 2011 award. Reviewer: Jeanne K. Pettenati, J.D.