Books to Eat Celebrates a Decade of Creativity

Can you believe we’ve been doing Books to Eat at SAS Pudong Elementary for ten years? No?Well, that’s because we haven’t. It’s actually been 9 years. In 2011 and 2012 my friends and I participated in an Edible Books competition at a local restaurant and that is where the idea for Books to Eat began. Since 2013 we have had well over 1200 entries including ones from former teachers and students. We’ve seen other schools take up the challenge in Japan, Hong Kong, China and the UAE. We’ve celebrated the imagination and creativity of students all over the world. All through our love of Books, Cake and Creativity.

Below are linked videos showing many of last years entries in our 2021 Books to Eat Event.

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Books to Eat Round 3

Well done 4th and 5th grade. We had 36 entries today, made by 51 people with edible creations representing Harry Potter, Minecraft, Dinosaurs, Jerry Spinelli, Laura Numeroff, Mercy Watson, Fenway and Hattie and more. It is always so wonderful seeing the books that the students choose to share with us. Sometimes it is because they want to copy the front cover, or a scene from the book. sometimes it is an image of the main character, or even a food that someone eats in the story; our students are really so creative and clever.

Thank you to all the families that contributed over the last few weeks to this fun family activity. Whether you bought ingredients, helped stir in a mixture, or completely guided the way, I hope you enjoyed participating with your child in Books to Eat 2019.

Until next year, keep reading, keep cooking, and keep being creative with your kids.

Cheers, Kimbra

Books to Eat round 1 success

For 6 years, we’ve run Books to Eat as an annual fun event in the Elementary Library, celebrating two of my favourite things; books and food. You can see many of our former entries here, but you will need a VPN to access the youtube clip.

We’ve had all sorts of creations submitted…Grapes with angry faces drawn on for Grapes of Wrath, a huge ice cube for Frozen…the emphasis has been on family involvement, imagination and creativity. However for many, it’s been intimidating seeing some of the INCREDIBLY detailed, majestic, fondant -covered creations made by some people, and I can understand that intimidation, after all, I don’t bake.

 

But this year I feel like people have really started to listen to me when I’ve said, “it doesn’t HAVE TO BE CAKE” it is ANY edible item, with ANY book. The entries this year were so imaginative, and you could see the hands of pre k, k and 1st graders all over them. I was thrilled. Take a look, and remember next week is 2nd and 3rd grade’s turn, with 4th and 5th grade the week after…however, we aren’t to fussy about things like that; anytime you want to get creative, we aren’t going to stop you! And…don’t forget…

There is so much research to show that eating lots of cake in the library is beneficial for children’s brain development and helps get them into Ivy League Colleges. Nah… just kidding, we do it because it is FUN!

BOOKS TO EAT

APRIL 16^th PRE K, K, 1^st Grade

 APRIL 23rd 2^nd and 3^rd Grade

 APRIL 30^th 4^th and 5^th Grade

Books to Eat a Sweet Success

A huge thank you to the 45 participants in Books to Eat Round One. Many 4th and 5th graders collaborated with friends and family to create such a variety of entries. Congratulations to all the participants for taking the time and making the effort to do something new.

Books to Eat 2017

Books to Eat

When:

4th and 5th grade April 10th
2nd and 3rd grade April 17th
PreK, K and 1st Grade April 24th

Where: Drop your creations, and book, off at the Elementary Library on Monday morning.

Why: Because it is fun…and yummy!

Who: We’d love you to work with your family; you can also work with your friends.

… and if you are scratching your head wondering about the What:

*Think of a book, and make something edible to go with the book.

*You could bake a cake, and frost/ice it to look like:

-the cover of the book

-a character from the book

-a scene from the book

*You could make a cake shaped like a character/scene in the book

*You don’t have to make cakes, or cupcakes, or even sweet things…some of our entries have been

-ice cubes (for the book Frozen)

-vegetables (for the book Little Pea, for the book Green)

-cereal (for the book The Infinity Ring, for the book Cornflakes)

-popcorn (for the book Popcorn)

-meat (for the book I smell like Ham)

-bread (for the book The Princess and the Pea)

-pasta (for the book The Pasta Factory)

-jello (for the books Alice the Fairy, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

-turkish delight (for the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

-liquid (for the book Chemical Chaos)

-milk (for the book Fortunately the Milk)

-pancake (for the book If you give a pig a pancake)

*Please make something on the Sunday at your house, or with a friend.

*Bring your creation AND the book (we can help you find it in the library if needed, but give us some notice) in to the ES Library on the Monday morning

*We will all look at it, photograph it, reward it and eat it on the Monday afternoon.

Books to Eat 2016

With over 150 Books to Eat entries in 2015, we are gearing up for an exciting month of May with four opportunities to contribute to our festivities. For the first time we are having a day just for  teachers to start off the fun. As you can see below, entries can be as simple or complex, as savory or sweet as you like…they just have to link up to a book.

Frozen

Dates are:

Teachers-Monday May 9th

Grade Prek,K,1- Monday May 16th

Grade 2,3-TUESDAY May 24th (s0rry it’s not a Monday, I’m in Australia ’til Monday night sorry)

Grade 4,5 – Monday May 30th

Books to Eat Competition Information –See here for more great photos

*Think of a book, and make something edible to go with the book.

*You could bake a cake, and frost/ice it to look like:

-the cover of the book

-a character from the book

-a scene from the book

*You could make a cake shaped like a character/scene in the book

*You don’t have to make cakes, or cupcakes, or even sweet things…some of our entries have been

-ice cubes (for the book Frozen)

-vegetables (for the book Little Pea, for the book Green)

-cereal (for the book The Infinity Ring, for the book Cornflakes)

-popcorn (for the book Popcorn)

-meat (for the book I smell like Ham)

-bread (for the book The Princess and the Pea)

-pasta (for the book The Pasta Factory)

-jello (for the books Alice the Fairy, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

-turkish delight (for the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

-liquid (for the book Chemical Chaos)

-milk (for the book Fortunately the Milk)

-pancake (for the book If you give a pig a pancake)

*Please make something on the Sunday at your house, or with a friend.

*Bring it in on the Monday/or Tuesday (2^nd and 3^rd grade) morning

*We will all look at it, photograph it, reward it and eat it on the Monday (or Tuesday) afternoon.

 

Show me the Sugar

Well, that’s the end of another wildly successful Books To Eat, well done Team 2015… we more than tripled our entries from last year with around 148 all up! Hooray for us.

Thank you to the students for making it happen, and the parents and teachers, some of whom baked multiple times, we appreciate your skills and commitment.

 

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Wow… SO MUCH CAKE

We had a whopping FIFTY entries this week, for our 2nd and 3rd grade Books To Eat Competition. (Oh, and I use that term loosely, every entrant gets a certificate with some award named such as ‘Purplest Frosting Award’, ‘Spottiest Entry Award’ ‘I just want to gobble you up Award’…) It is great fun making up the awards for the kids.

Thank you to all the teachers, parents and especially the students who make this competition so much fun. Please take a minute (or 7) to view the entries from the first two Mondays of Books to Eat 2015 and I look forward to some delicious treats on Monday April 27th from our PreK, K and 1st grade students.

 

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It’s your turnPreK, K and 1st grade Monday April 27th – 

*Think of a book, and make something edible to go with the book.

 

*You could bake a cake, and frost/ice it to look like:

-the cover of the book

-a character from the book

-a scene from the book

 

*You could make a cake shaped like a character/scene in the book

 

*You don’t have to make cakes, or cupcakes, or even sweet things…some of our entries have been

-ice cubes (for the book Frozen)

-vegetables (for the book Little Pea, for the book Green)

-cereal (for the book The Infinity Ring, for the book Cornflakes)

-popcorn (for the book Popcorn)

-meat (for the book I smell like Ham)

-bread (for the book The Princess and the Pea)

-pasta (for the book The Pasta Factory)

-jello (for the books Alice the Fairy, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

-turkish delight (for the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

-liquid (for the book Chemical Chaos)

-milk (for the book Fortunately the Milk)

-pancake (for the book If you give a pig a pancake)

 

*Please make something on the Sunday at your house, or with a friend.

 

*Bring it in on the Monday morning

 

*We will all look at it, photograph it, reward it and eat it on the Monday afternoon.

Record Breaking Success

Check out these amazing photos taken by Mrs. Hossack of our BIGGEST Books to Eat turnout EVER!
Well done 4th and 5th grade and special overseas contributors, Lizzy and Rory.
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