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Reading and cooking with kids

May the Fork Be With You!

4/29/2020

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     May; A time of flowers blooming and thoughts of summer planting. In addition, the month of May reserves a special day for the foods BBQ, Egg, Hamburger, Salad, Salsa and Strawberry, as well as celebrating National Herb Week during the first week of the month. We suggest you plant an herb garden, even if it’s in a container or on the deck, to enjoy all summer long. You might even consider having the child in your life give mom or grandma an herb plant for Mother‘s Day along with a favorite recipe filled with herbs. Have dad or another family member help kids make mom a special dinner and dessert featuring favorite herbs. A prime day to learn about another culture is Cinco de Mayo. Consider sharing a bilingual storybook. Since National Chocolate Chip, Walnut and Devil‘s Food Cake Day fall during the week of World Baking Day, find a new recipe to try out with your child(ren) and let the flour flow!
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     The month of May is also Get Caught Reading Month. It’s a time for you and your children to go on an adventure and lose yourself in another world. This is not just for kids but for all people to take the time to get out a favorite book or a new one and just read! Check out the Get Caught Reading site and look at all the celebrities who got caught reading and take photos of your own family members reading and share them on your Facebook page or even ours. Don’t forget that reading can include cookbooks. Consider including some classics and then cook your way through the classics with The Storybook Cookbook by Carol MacGregor or Fairy Tale Feasts by Jane Yolen.
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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
C.S. Lewis
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May
National BBQ, Egg, Hamburger, Salad, Salsa & Strawberry Month &
Get Caught Reading Month
National Strawberry Month
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The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear by Don & Audrey Wood
Get Caught Reading Month
Get caught reading whatever tickles your fancy all month long and share your photos with us!
2nd: National Truffle Day
4th - 10th: Children's Book Week - Get in on the fun by reading your favorite children's books aloud and visit Every Child a Reader's website for celebration ideas and resources. #BookWeek2020atHome
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4th: Star Wars Day - May the Fourth Be With You!
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Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown
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Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
4th: National Orange Juice Day
5th: Cinco de Mayo
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Cinco de Mayo by Carlson Berne
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Cinco de Mouse-O! by Judy Cox
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Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds
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Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
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Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel by Adam Rubin
First Saturday: National Herb Day
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Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together With Kids by Sharon Lovejoy
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Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden - A Book for Children and Their Grown Ups by Sharon Lovejoy
13th: National Apple Pie Day
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A Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
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The Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson
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Annie the Apple Pie Fairy by Tim Bugbird
2nd Sunday: Mother‘s Day
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The Night Before Mother's Day by Natasha Wing
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Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting
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I Love My Mommy Because... by Laurel Porter Gaylord
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Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
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Me and My Mom! by Alison Ritchie
15th: National Chocolate Chip Day
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
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The 1st American Cookie Lady by Barbara Swell
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The Cookie Fiasco (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) by Dan Santat
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The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
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The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
17th: World Baking Day
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Alpha-Bakery by Gold Medal Flour
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Dough Knights and Dragons by Dee Leone
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Sun Bread by Elisa Kleven
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Mommy & Me Bake by DK
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The Great Fairy Baking Competition by Thomas Nelson
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Hear a spectacular read aloud of How to Bake a Book (known as Recipe for a Story in the UK) on YouTube here.
17th: National Walnut Day
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Let's Go Nuts!: Seeds We Eat by April Pulley Sayre
19th: National Devil‘s Food Cake Day
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Let's Bake a Cake! by Anne-Sophie Bauman
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Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake by Eileen Christelow
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The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake by Joanna Cole
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Bunny Cakes (Max & Ruby) by Rosemary Wells
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Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathan London
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Marigold Bakes a Cake by Mike Malbrough
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Jake Baked the Cake by B. G. Hennessy
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Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
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The Fairytale Cake by Mark Sperring
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Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson and Will Hillenbrand

Bake the world a better place!

Happy baking and reading!

-Kate @ BTBL

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We are three generations that seek a way to get back to basics. It’s not that we eschew technology, but sometimes simpler is better, especially in raising our children. Mom was a reading teacher, Amanda is an early childhood educator and Kate a children’s literature specialist and former school librarian along with the latest additions, a daughter (now 4) for Kate, and two sons (now 1 and a newborn) for Amanda. We advocate reading aloud, the simple toys that use imagination and encourage creativity and learning in the kitchen, which can be a fun mess but also teaches life skills. Join us in raising healthy, happy, inquisitive and intelligent children.

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    We are mom Sandra and daughters Amanda and Kate, all with backgrounds in literacy and education, who want to share our philosophy of taking the basics of life; books, simple toys that encourage play, imagination and creativity, and using cooking and baking to teach math and real life skills to raise happy, inquisitive children. Join us in exploring the old and the new and sifting through the myriad of research to consider what is best for our children.

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