Happy National Food Day! One of the most beautiful ways to express ourselves and our traditions is through food. Here are six books about food to get your tummy rumbling from Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink.

Let Me Fix You a Plate

by Elizabeth Lilly
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House,
Ages 4–8

​Elizabeth Lilly's tale of a joyous road trip, drawn from her own experience, is illustrated with quirky charm that captures all the warmth and love of her family's two distinct cultures.

I Want an Apple

by David L. Harrison
Holiday House
Ages 4–7

Legs, feet, arms, teeth, tongue, tummy . . . and long intestine too . . . all snap into action when a child decides she wants an apple. A clever and humorous introduction to body parts and their function.

Boo Stew

by Donna L. Washington 
Peachtree
Ages 4–8

Award-winning storyteller Donna L. Washington has cooked up a delightfully spooky fractured fairy tale with a diverse cast of characters and an imaginative twist on the classic “Goldilocks.”

Carlton Crumple Creature Catcher series

by David Fremont
Pixel+Ink
Ages 8-12

An out-of-this-world new adventure in a very funny graphic novel series that combines fast food, monsters, and battle!

Amara’s Farm

by JaNay Brown-Wood
Peachtree
Ages 3-7

A young girl searches for pumpkins on her farm in this joyful celebration of cool-weather fruits and vegetables, from the new Where in the Garden? series.

Watercress

by Andrea Wang
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Ages 4-8

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage in this Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.