Fall 2025

Food around the World

From the Series Welcome to My World

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Would you like to eat termites and giant land snails? Perhaps you might enjoy some durian fruit that tastes like a mixture of custard, cheese, and onion? Or maybe you would enjoy a cup of warming tea made from water, tea leaves, salt, and yak milk butter?

In this beautiful photographic book, young readers will meet children from around the world and discover the many different foods they eat.

  • Readers will learn all about colorful bento boxes that Japanese moms make for their children’s school lunches.
  • They will join an Indian family to make homemade sweets for Diwali and join Muslim families for a special iftar meal during Ramadan.
  • And, in a sensitively handled section, they will learn that many children around the world have nothing to eat.
  • The book includes a world map that pinpoints where every story in the book comes from.

Supported with stunning, detailed photos, this book is an engaging nonfiction read and a fascinating exploration of different foods, traditions, and customs.

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, Diverse Books: Celebrating Differences , Diversity
Copyright 2026
Publisher Ruby Tuesday Books
Imprint Ruby Tuesday Books
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2025-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF014000, JNF069000, JNF024120
Dimensions 10 x 8
Guided Reading Level TBD
ATOS Reading Level 4.4
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Glossary words bolded within text, Index, Maps, Photo glossary, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Note: Accelerated Reader® values are estimates.

Author: Ellen Lawrence

Ellen Lawrence has written books for children on many subjects including science, animals, and conservation. Ellen lives in the UK with her husband and three cats, just minutes from the ocean and is passionate about protecting wildlife and wild places.