Kids' Corner

October is National Pizza Month

Everyone likes to eat pizza, but have you ever wanted to read about it? You might be surprised to learn that there are many books about pizza…..here are some of them. Yum!

Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter
While waiting for their pizza to be delivered, Vivian and her mother wonder if it will be brought by a pizza cow, dinosaur, duck…..and how they will greet them. For ages 3-8

Hold the Anchovies! By Shelly Rotner
The scrumptious pictures in this photo-essay will make you almost smell the pizza! A recipe is included. For ages 4-8

How Pizza Came to Queens by Dayal Khalsa
Can you imagine life without pizza? A visitor from Italy brings it to a quiet 1950’s neighborhood in this charming story. For ages 4-8

Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges
Who will help the Little Red Hen make a pizza? “Not I,” said the duck, the dog, and the cat. Check out the amazing cut paper illustrations. For ages 4-8

Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
To cheer Pete up on a rainy day, his father decides to make Pete into a pizza! For ages 4-8

Pizza Kittens by Charlotte Voake
Hilarious illustrations accompany this tale of messy mealtimes at the cat family’s dinner table. For ages 4-8

Pizza Pat by Rita Gelman
Follow along step by step as Pat makes a pizza; based on the poem This is the House That Jack Built. Beginning Reader

The Pizza We Made by Joan Holub
Read this cheerful, rhyming story- and learn how to make pizza from scratch at the same time! Beginning Reader

The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane and Herm Auch
In this spoof of fairy tales, Princess Paulina invents pizza to win the hand of Prince Drupert. For ages 4-8

Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery by David Adler
Will Cam’s photographic memory help her find her jacket, which has disappeared from the pizza shop at the mall? Beginning Reader

Happy reading, and enjoy your pizza!

Ellen Xydias
Children’s Librarian