See my full review at http://michelleardillo.com/2025/08/22/book-review-food-around-the-world-by-ellen-lawrence/

Food Around the World is a great educational read that is a part of the “Welcome to My World” series. The book has beautiful, full-color photographs of children eating the foods mentioned in their respective countries. My kids (ages 3, 6, and 8) got a kick out of the hunting and gathering people who eat exotic foods like turtles, snails, and caterpillars in African rainforests. They learned about terrace farming in mountainous regions of the world during homeschool, but had not seen an actual example so it was interesting to see the rice plants growing in flooded rows. The importance of the Yak in Tibet for meat, milk, and fuel was amazing and the sample Japanese bento boxes with characters made out of food put my lunches to shame. The glossary and index are super helpful. This book made me interested in incorporating the rest of the series into my homeschool curriculum. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to share and review this title with my children.

It's amazing how much variety there is in this short picture book. So many different places, people, and different kinds of food! The illustrations were perfect, very kid friendly and fun.

This is a concise non-fiction picture book about cultural food habits around the world, touching briefly on food insecurity and religious traditions with food. I think this would work well as a read-aloud or for intermediate readers who are beginning to read to learn but need a lower level of reading.

I recommend this book for schools and libraries.