What's for Lunch? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780889954823)

VOYA's Non Fiction Honour List 2013

2013 Information Book Award Long List nominee

Whether their school is under a banyan tree, in a dusty tent held up with poles or in a sturdy brick structure in the heart of a bustling city, all children need a healthy lunch to be able to learn and grow. Good food nourishes both our bodies and our brains. It's one of the basic building blocks of life. As the world has become more interconnected, what we eat has become part of a huge global system. Food is now the biggest industry on Earth. Growing it, processing it, transporting it and selling it have a major impact on people and the planet. Unpack a school lunch, and you'll discover that food is connected to issues that matter to everyone and everything such as climate change, health and inequality.

In What's For Lunch Andrea Curtis reveals the variety and inequality to be found in the food consumed by young people in typical school lunches from thirteen countries around the world, including Japan, Kenya, Russia, United States and Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Afghanistan. In some countries, the meals are nutritious and well-balanced. In others they barely satisfy basic nutrition standards.

Author: Andrea Curtis
ISBN-10: 0889954828
ISBN-13: 9780889954823
Publisher: Red Deer Press
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2012
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 9.02h x 10.02w x 0.33d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 153550 / What's for Lunch? How Schoolchildren Eat Around the World


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 11/26/2012
School Library Journal 01/01/2013 pg. 91