Books to Eat 2014

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Lana

A bit of a reality check for me today with only 7 entries from 2nd and 3rd grade It’s a busy time of year… however those entries were interesting, clever and heart felt, and made by families who care. Thank you so much to Elin, Sophia, Elaine, Jacob, Milo, Jessie, Sean, Jasmine, Saskia and your families for your time and effort. We’re all looking forward to the grand finale next week with unprecedented numbers entered by 4th and 5th graders. Get ready for a feast for the senses!

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Time to get this party started!

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Lana

Hello Party People

Monday-April 14th-Pre K, K and 1st graders it’s YOUR turn to create!

Fill out an entry form in the library this week and join in the fun on Monday! Remember, the entry does NOT have to be cake, it can be anything edible!!! Here is the information for the entry form…

Entrants name:

Your class (or classes):

Name of Book:

(Please provide a copy of the actual book, or if not, a printout of the front page of the book)

OK, OK… so they’re not based on a book…. but aren’t they cute?

Eat your words…aka Let them eat cake!

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Lana

Books to Eat 2014 will be postponed until after Spring Break so that we can promote this event further.

Our original plan was to start our Books To Eat next week, on April 3rd but as we have very busy with our visiting poets, we felt that there was NOT enough time to properly advertise this event between now and then. So these are the FINAL dates for Books to Eat 2014…I promise. (Check out this amazing Kenn Nesbitt tribute below)

Entry forms will be available in the library from Monday March 10th and you will need:

-your name

-your class

-the name of your book

We began this event in 2013, to celebrate two of our favourite things; books and food! This year, there will be just a couple of changes with each group bringing in their creations on Mondays instead of Fridays; this is a direct result of feedback from entrants last year who would have liked to organise their offerings on a weekend rather than a school night.

Our first group will be PreK, K and 1st grade students, teachers and parents on Monday April 14th.

Our second group will be 2nd and 3rd grade students, teachers and parents on Monday April 21st.

Our third and final group will be 4th and 5th grade students, teachers and parents on Monday April 28th.

Check out our entrants from last year in this great slideshow made by Mrs. Hossack (her son Blake made one of our favourite creations by the way)

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Start thinking about book titles and how you can combine them with anything edible… We’ll have certificates for People’s Choice, Students’ Favorite, Most Amazing, Incredibly Edible and much much more. But the biggest prize of all will be eating ALL that CAKE!!!

Books to Eat Week Two=Keep the sugar coming!

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lana

Apart from me cutting up the cakes too early, meaning a couple of classes did not get to see the amazing finished products… today went really well.

Congratulations to Chantelle, Riley, Benjamin, Lizzie, Benjo, D’Arcy, Seo Yeon, Rigel, Connor, Marco, Sydney, Martina, Sofia and Charlotte for your amazing baking and creative skills as seen below. There was plenty of oohing and aahing from parents, teachers and students as they walked through the Elementary Library today; people were impressed with your efforts, well done.

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Books to Eat Week One=Success!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Lana

Congratulations to Blake, Bauer, Cindy, Stephanie, Ethan, Connor, Charley, August, Ava, Yean, Yasmin, Saskia, Vivian and Andy from Prek K, K and 1st Grade who all registered in our first ever Books To Eat competition at Pudong Elementary. Special thanks go to Mrs Happer’s class who had an amazing 8 entries, including one for Green Eggs and Ham that the whole class participated in.

All day long groups of students, parents and teachers streamed through the library, oohing and aahing over these students’ creations. I was so impressed to have so many entries, considering this was the first time we tried to do something like this. Now that the bigger kids have seen what the younger ones can do, I’m sure that the competition will be fierce for next Friday’s 2nd and 3rd grade Books to Eat Celebration.

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Kids… it’s time to eat your books!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lana

Hey there Pre K, K and 1st graders.

Tomorrow is the very first Books to Eat competition in the ES Library, and YOU ARE UP!

Thank you to the students, teachers and parents who have already sent in a registration form. We are excited to see your edible creations this Friday. If you have something to contribute, please bring it in to the Elementary Library first thing in the morning tomorrow, Friday March 1st. The cakes will be judged throughout the day, and eaten in the afternoon! Yummy!

Bring in: the cake/creation and the book that goes with it please.

Books to Eat

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Lana

My favorite event of the year begins in one week; the Shanghai Literary Festival.

Unfortunately, they won’t be running their regular Books to Eat Competition, so we are going to run our own. The competition involves participants baking something, most often a cake, or something sweet, based on a book.

*Entering is voluntary.

*There will be three divisions:

Friday March 1st: open to all PreK, K and 1st grade students, teachers and specialists

Friday March 8th:open to all 2nd and 3rd grade students, teachers and specialists

Friday March 15th: open to all 4th and 5th grade students, teachers and specialists

In years past, several of our SAS students have had success winning prizes in categories including tastiest, most creative and people’s choice. We will have many, many categories for our students to achieve success in, nobody will go away empty handed. Some examples for your creation include:

Princess and the Pea
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Paper Bag Princess
Trucks
James and the Giant Peach

Please consider getting creative with your child, this really is a fun way to celebrate literature, you are only limited by your imagination. Please include a copy of your book with your cake, see pictures below.

Registration forms are available from the ES library and are due by 3 pm the Tuesday before your Friday cake competition. Children will be asked to put

*their name and class

*book title and author’s name

Cakes and their accompanying books must be delivered to the ES Library as soon as your child arrives on Friday morning. They will be judged before morning recess, viewed throughout the day, and available for eating after 2 pm!

Some of the awards given will be for taste, so IF you don’t want your cake to be eaten, please make sure you let me know personally via e mail: kimbra.power@saschina.org as part of the idea is for the students to have a lot of fun with this, and everybody loves eating cake! Therefore, please do NOT use nuts, or nut products in any of your creations.

Below are some photos of last years entries, and here is a link to some great photos of other Books to Eat competitions around the world. Google books to eat and check out what is out there.

the barefoot librarian

Kimbra Power

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