A moose boosh : a few choice words about food

Where there is food, there will be laughter (and crumbs).
In more than 40 exuberant poems and "vandalized" photographs, you'll meet a city kid who fantasizes about farming on a stoop, a girl with crumpets and crêpes in her head, and a boy with a pet cabbage. "Doctor Food" prescribes good food as medicine and "Dancing Kitchen" will have you shimmying with your skillet. From the amuse-bouche to the very last pea on the plate, A Moose Boosh celebrates food--growing it, making it, slurping it and especially sharing it with loved ones at the dinner table. Bon appétit!
Poetry is food for the soul, food is poetry for the tongue.

Food writer Michael Pollan calls A Moose Boosh a "very funny book" while Kirkus Reviews says it is "a kid-friendly companion to Michael Pollan's Food Rules. " The American Library Association named the book a 2015 Notable Children's Book and says "Readers and eaters are taken on a comical romp through the world of food using poetry and a visual feast of photographs enhanced with playful doodles."

Eric-Shabazz Larkin made his author/illustrator debut with A Moose Boosh . He made his picture book illustration debut with Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table .

Amuse-bouche (ah-MOOZE-boosh) French, noun 1 : A small complimentary appetizer offered by the chef just before dinner. 2 : The literal translation (from French): amuse (amuse) + bouche (mouth) = "amuse-mouth" or "mouth-amuser." 3 : A tiny bite that gives an idea of the chef's artistic approach to food. 4. An appetizing little poem about food to be read aloud before dinner or any time at all. A Desk Is Not A Dinner Table You can eat dinner at a round table or a square table. An oblong table or a pear-shaped table. But a desk, is not a dinner table. You can eat dinner at the beach or eat it on a boat. Eat with a bikini or eat in a coat. Eat upstairs. Eat outside. Eat feeling fat or feeling thinner. But a desk? No. A desk is not a place for dinner. Call it "food in face." Call it "stuffing belly." Call it the internet with toast and jelly. Dinner at a desk needs a re-label. Because a desk, will never be a dinner table. Would You Eat Green Eggs With Dye? I would not like green eggs with dye. I would not like my bread bleached white. I would not like my drink turned blue. I would not like my greens cooked brown. I would not like my muffin teal. Please, don't change the colors of my meal. --from A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food Excerpted from A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words about Food All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.