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Butterworth, Chris

How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food

32 pp. | Candlewick | January, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-5005-6 $12.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti. This appetizing book encourages readers to think about where food comes from "before it was in the store." Taking stock of a typical school lunchbox, Butterworth and Gaggiotti serve up an overview of seven familiar ingredients' journeys, shown on well-designed double-page spreads. Butterworth breezily distills the facts down to their essence while Gaggiotti's retro cartoon illustrations are equally informative and appetite-whetting.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2011