A collection of poems, facts, statistics, and stories about unusual foods and eating habits both contemporary and historical.

Feeding time is one of the most popular events at zoos. It also prompts a smorgasbord of questions: what do different animals eat? How much food do they need to stay healthy? Where do zookeepers get all that chow? And what constitutes a special treat? 'Worms for Breakfast' answers all these questions and more in a cookbook-style primer packed with facts from experts at zoos and aquariums. Covering everything from regular animal nutrition to feeding...

Publisher Annotation: David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact, he?ll have to do better: he?s going to compete in the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world?s greatest pizza-eating contest, and he has to win it, because he borrowed his mom?s credit card and accidentally spent $2,000 on it. So he really needs that prize money. Like, yesterday. As if training...

"The origin stories of each Chinese dish told using the framework of Chinese cuisine-oftentimes based in folklore, both ancient and contemporary"--

An exploration of climate change and the difficulties people may experience growing food and obtaining fresh water as the average global temperature warms.

Explains how carnivores and herbivores find food, and describes hunting, scavenging, grazing, browsing, and filter feeding.

A new student who claims to be a vampire joins the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club, but the werewolves discover his true secret when fruits and vegetables begin to disappear all over town.

Forced to work in her unpleasant uncle's horrible restaurant, a Parisian girl finds comfort and companionship in a shop nearby that sells otherworldly foods prepared by a mysterious cook and her cat.

When news breaks of an ancient prophecy that predicts the world will run out of chocolate in six days, it is up to Jelly Welly and her Gran to prevent the chocopocalypse.