Books like Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas
By Pamela Ehrenberg
For the kid who scales the couch, the counter, and everything in between, this is the book where that exact habit saves the day. warm, funny, and food-filled, with a family flavor all its own
Determined to make his wife the best birthday cake ever, a grandfather sets out to bake a whopper of a chocolate cake — and turns the whole kitchen into a glorious disaster.
When hard times hit the farm, a hired boy is sent off to find his own way — but a runaway Journey Cake leads him on a wild chase that changes everything.
If the food-and-family rhyme scheme is what hooked your kid, The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman stretches it into a whole houseful of picky demands.
Where dosas start a new family tradition, The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous shows a much older one being handed down from Grandmom.
Less cooking, more chasing off trouble, but Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein keeps that same feisty family-saves-the-day payoff Sadie's climbing gave you.
On a scorching day, Junie and Jake, Poppa, and the baby set off for the lake in a rattling, wheezing car that doesn't go fast and doesn't go far.
A dad whose bed keeps filling up with more and more children — Ben, Billy, twins Beth and Bart, then Brittany, Bella, and Boris — builds the biggest bed in the world to fit everyone in.
For the kid who liked Sadie stealing the show, Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer hands another small, determined character the whole holiday to run.
A baby with a booming voice, a habit of giving away his birthday presents, and a strange love of chimneys grows up to become Santa — one odd little clue at a time.
Less holiday, less food, but Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman has the same warm, funny pull toward family at the end of a small adventure.
Another celebration built around food and family, but 'Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis slows down into a lyrical, almost chant-like telling.
A little critter spends a special day at the beach with his grandma, navigating sand, waves, and small mishaps while soaking up her patient company.
