eating customs

Presents an introduction to the various places on Earth that people live, including grasslands, forests, deserts, and mountains, and describes the way people live near each, managing food, shelter, and transportation.

Relates in rhyme what children eat in countries around the world.

After spending hundreds of years on a tropical island, a patrol of bored and hungry dragons invades civilization and indulges in a fanatic fast food binge.

Third-grader Benjy, tired of being small for his age, decides to build up his body by eating the breakfast cereal of sports stars.

After eating too many pink cupcakes, Pinkalicious turns pink and enjoys everything about being her favorite color.

Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother.

A boy named Charlie dreams up inventive ways to get his fussy sister, Lola, to eat her vegetables and other foods she likes to refuse.

One morning Achilles, a young crocodile, insists that he will eat a child that day and refuses all other food, but when he actually finds a little girl, she puts him in his place.

Because her eating habits cause some problems, Arthur the aardvark's younger sister has to stay home when her family eats out.

The author relates his dislike of vegetables and reveals secret tactics used to survive the ordeal of eating them.