Curious About George by Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre (review)

as the common ephemera of any household, supplements literary skills. It reveals new ways in which surfaces can contribute to the narrative and bolster children’s emergent literacy. Furthermore, eating is most successfully connected to reading when the reading material is literally edible. In the past, the gingerbread hornbook became the delicious reward for learning the alphabet, while alphabet soups have always been both a tasty dinner and a language lesson. Now, technology permits appetizing combinations of food and literature (for example, sweet haikus written in marmalade on bread slices), so taste is added to the reading experience establishing lifelong reading habits. Consumable Reading and Children’s Literature by Ilgim Veryeri Alaca opens up delectable new ways of viewing picturebooks, eating, and reading.