Morning Meals Around the World

by Maryellen Gregoire, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh (Illustrator)

Discusses the variety of foods people around the world might have for breakfast.

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Amy Erwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary - Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but it looks different for everyone, depending on where they live. Different families around the world, eat different meals.

Response - The book also includes kid-friendly recipes, which I think is such a cute idea. The second page is a map of the world and says the country with the page number it's discussed on - very organized allows for you to focus on one country if you wanted.


Classroom -
Cooking around the world looks different for everyone
Different cultures eat different things
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
Recipes - meals

[Audrey Arnette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Morning Meals Around the World by Maryellen Gregoire is a really fun story that discusses different cultures and meals from each of those cultures. I think this book is so cute and such a great learning tool. It would be really fun in a classroom setting to read this book and then choose a meal from the book to try and replicate. Then the students can bring a little taste of the world into their classroom. This book is great for comparing and contrasting what we eat in the United States and what people in the rest of the world eat. Overall, I thought this book was so sweet and full of fun illustrations.

[Lindsey Reece]

This book was so informative! I loved the illustrations and how they showed where the food was from, as well as what it looked like. I think the book does a good job of portraying different cultures around the world. I also love how it includes recipes at the end for you to try. In my classroom, I would use this book to introduce the idea of culture. I may pull up some music from the different countries as well .

[Eiley Miles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about what people eat for breakfast all around the world! It talks about cereal in the United States all the way to rice in Vietnam. All of the countries' morning meals you will learn about in the book are the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Germany, France, Italy, Namibia, Vietnam, Russia, and Japan. At the end of the book, there are also kid-friendly recipes.

This book was a fun and easy read. It was interesting to compare and contrast what I eat for breakfast to what people in France eat for breakfast. Let's just say I am jealous of that one. I also liked that they included recipes that kids could try at home. With that included, it made the book more interactive.

I liked this book, and I wouldn't mind having it in my classroom. I think it might be fun for students to see how their own breakfast compares to someone's breakfast on the other side of the world. It gives a neat insight into other children's cultures, which is valuable for students to know.

[Rebekah]

This was a delicious little book about what people of various cultures and countries eat for breakfast all around the world. Food was featured on a map of the world. Not all nations were included, of course. The book described the wide variety of foods that are consumed by indigenous groups around the globe. Reading this book made me hungry! Some of the food dishes described did not sound all that appetizing to me as suitable for breakfast. However, I guess it's all in what you grow-up eating!

[Kristen Edge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Different non-fiction type of book. Interesting to look at the text features. Table of contents is very different. Not a favorite.

[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative! Gave me some ideas to use in class!

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