Hooray, it is almost that time of the year… the time where cake and books come together in the Elementary Library for our Annual Books to Eat competition.

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Take a look at some former Books to Eat competitions here at SAS, this is our 3rd year and we’ve had many amazing entries. You can either just go to my blog’s home page and type in Books To Eat in the search button, or check out the images in posts like this, or this.

The ‘competition’ goes something like this…students bring in an edible creation to do with a book; it could be a cake with the cover of the book frosted on to it, a character from the book made into a cake, the setting for a book… you are ONLY limited by your imagination. Many entries are cakes, however, feel free to think outside the box, some of my favorite entries include a block of ice from former SAS teacher, Mrs Toa, representing the book ‘Frozen… a plate of ham for the book ‘I smell like Ham’… and a lonely little pea on a plate to complement Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book of the same name… What about ‘Green Eggs and Ham’? How about ‘Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs’ by another SAS family who have left us, the Rekate family.

So… start looking at books in a whole new way and get ready to create and bake.

Monday April 13th – 4th and 5th grade 

Monday April 20th – 2nd and 3rd grade

Monday April 27th – PreK, K and 1st grade

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!