So you’re sitting around the dinner table enjoying Friday night pizza with your kiddos and your 4 year old asks you, “where did this cheese come from?” I have just the book to help you out!
Extra Cheese, Please! Mozzarella’s Journey from Cow to Pizza is a fun story that teaches us how cheese is made. Author Cris Peterson takes the reader on a journey where we meet Annabelle the cow and follow her milk all the way to the cheese factory. What I love about this book is that each page is filled with real photographs (by Alvis Upitis) that detail the process. There’s an up close picture of Annabelle, another of the food she eats, the barn she lives in, all the way through to the final cheese product. This is one type of book that is best served with real photographs instead of drawings. The explanations of the process is simple but not oversimplified, enough to challenge little minds. The story ends with a recipe for homemade pizza, as well as a glossary of terms and other book ideas for further reading.
So there’s a book to go along with your pizza next time. Enjoy!
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