Martin and Raina Telgemeier) If you were a fan of Ann M. This delicious seaside salad features some of the seaweeds the Aquicorns enjoy in the book, including sea asparagus (a veggie we introduced you to in our post about foods in the wild!)īake Sale (Sara Varon) This sweet book about a cupcake and his best friend features loads of recipes to try at the end, so that you can test out all the food from the book! We loved this parent’s take on how her kids were inspired to bake after this read-and yes, there’s a fantastic vanilla cupcake recipe included.īabysitter’s Club Graphic Novel series (Ann M. The book’s enchanting story illustrates an important point about cherishing sea life, and will get kids excited to explore the beach.

For purists, you can recreate Satsuke’s tasty bento box-or chill some cucumber, and make Mijune Pak’s 5 spice maple roasted squash and edamame with warm soba noodles.Īquicorn Cove (Katie O’Neill) A gorgeous, magical read, this book is about a little girl and her aunt learning to protect the sea unicorns they discover in the coral reef near their home. The food in Totoro would make anyone drool-Satsuke makes her family delicious bento box lunches, and the veggies the girls harvest are so good, they just might cure their mother.

While they explore the forests and fields, they meet a friendly, fuzzy tree spirit named Totoro-and that’s just the start of their adventures. Young sisters Satsuke and Mei move to the countryside for the summer while they wait for their mother to recover from a long hospital stay. My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki) The comic adaptation of this beloved movie about sisters is a fun read for all ages.

These books are sure to get your kids laughing-and hungry for pancakes! Enjoy a tall stack of traditional pancakes (we like these “confetti” ones), or fast and easy 3 ingredient pancakes. To fuel you up while you read, we’ve chosen some recipes from our archives to pair beautifully with these books.īink And Gollie (Kate diCamillo, Alison McGhee and Tony Fucile) Best friends Bink and Gollie are different in nearly every way-but they always agree on pancakes and peanut butter.

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