by SHELLEY HARWAYNE Illustrated by FIONA DUNBAR

What’s Cooking?
by SHELLEY HARWAYNE
Illustrated by FIONA DUNBAR
What’s Cooking?
by SHELLEY HARWAYNE
Illustrated by FIONA DUNBAR
To Neil, who always knows what’s cooking—S.H.
For my dear Helena, who loves pizza—F.D.
The illustrations for this book were created using water-soluble painting
crayons, a paintbrush, and water.
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Illustrations copyright © by Fiona Dunbar
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T
he children in
Mrs. Peabody’s class loved to cook.
They popped popcorn.
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They churned butter.
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They scrambled eggs.
They even fried bananas.
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“Why are all our foods yellow?”
asked the children.
“Oh,” said Mrs. Peabody, “I didn’t
realize that!”
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So the children cooked
some more.
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They mixed strawberry jello.
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They baked cherry pie.
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They sliced tomatoes.
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They even
polished juicy apples.
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“Why are all our foods red?”
asked the children.
“Oh,” said Mrs. Peabody, “I didn’t
realize that!”
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So the children cooked
some more.
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They creamed spinach.
They simmered pea soup.
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They stuffed grape leaves.
They even prepared pistachio ice cream.
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“Why are all our foods green?”
asked the children.
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“Oh,” said Mrs. Peabody, “I didn’t
realize that!”
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And the very next day, the children didn’t
pop popcorn or churn butter or scramble
eggs or fry bananas.
They didn’t make jello or bake pies or slice
tomotoes or polish apples.
They didn’t cream spinach or simmer
pea soup or stuff grape leaves or
prepare ice cream.
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But they did eat lots of food,
food that was yellow and
red and green.
What do you think they did?
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Mrs. Peabody and all the children
who loved to cook went out to the
pizzeria to eat big, round pizza pies.
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The pizzas were covered with
lots of yellow cheese,
lots of red sauce,
and lots of little green things.
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By the way, some children
picked off the little green things.
They picked off the little green olives.
They picked off the little green onions.
And they picked off the little green peppers.
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And Mrs. Peabody promised that
forever more the children who
loved to cook would cook foods
of many colors.
Well, what do you suppose
they cooked next?
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Join the children in
Mrs. Peabody’s class as they cook up
something wonderful!