STEAMpunks Reading List: Food & Nutrition

Today's STEAMpunks session was all about food, nutrition, and the digestive system! This popular hands-on program includes fun science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics activities for kids in grades K-5. Today we measured ingredients, learned about the body's digestive system, and conducted a taste test experiment. For more fun, check out a cookbook to test our a new recipe, learn more about how our bodies digest food, or read a story about a culinary adventure!

Cook Books
Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls by Betty Crocker
Cool Raw Food Recipes by Nancy Tuminelly
It's So Good: 100 Real Food Recipes for Kids!
Mayo Clinic Kids; Cookbook
The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids: 60+ Plant-Based Recipes Kids Can Make to Stay Healthy and 
Save the Earth by Ruby Roth
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up by Mollie Katzen


Books For Younger Readers (Grades K-2)

The Bake Shop Ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn
The Berenstain Bears Cook It! by Stan Berenstain
The Best Chef in Second Grade by Katharine Kenah
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table by Pat Brisson
How Did That Get in My Lunch Box: The Story of Food by Chris Butterworth
The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges
Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Maniac Muffins by Chris Monroe
My Food Pyramid by Alisha Neihaus
Olivia Cooks Up a Surprise by Emily Sollinger
Your Food by Claire Llewellyn


Books For Older Readers (Grades 3-5)

All Four Stars by Tara Dairman
The Digestive System by John M. Shea
Digestion and Nutriton: What Happens to the Food We Eat by Eve Hartman
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Food Options: Following Special Diets by Kristin Petrie
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Our Food by Grace Lin
Recipe for Adventure Series by Giada De Laurentiis
Your Digestive System by Rebecca L. Johnson