Our goal is to promote food literacy in a culturally inclusive way, by featuring books about foods from different cultures or reaching out to diverse communities to create a better understanding of what we eat and where our food comes from.

And so we want to highlight April 30th as El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), promoting the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

One book that’s perfect for Dia is Pat Mora’s Yum! MMMM! Que Rico!: Americas’ Sproutings, a delightful collection of haiku about familiar (and a few unfamiliar) foods native to the Americas.

These poems capture the enduring appeal of foods that have been part of the diverse cuisines of the Americas for centuries.  Muralist, Rafael López, brings the playful energy of the haiku to life.

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Blueberries, cranberries, prickly pear fiesta,
Tomatoes, chile, corn; spicy, spicy salsa.
Lime for papaya, cream for pumpkin, butter for potato
Yum!  Vanilla!  Peanuts!  Chocolate.  ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué rico!

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