Books and Links
The following childrens’ books and links featuring potatoes can be used as additional resources.
Books
Here is a list of childrens’ books that feature potatoes. These books can be used in grades K-4:
- Potatoes, Potatoes by Anita Lobel
- Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression by Kate Lied
- Two Old Potatoes and Me by John Coy
- One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice
- Math Potatoes: Mind-Stretching Brain Food by Greg Tang
- Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- What’s for Lunch? Potatoes by Children’s Press
- Brave Potatoes by Toby Speed
- The Potato People by Pamela Allen
- Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes by Rosalind Creasy
- Smashed Potatoes and Other Thanksgiving Disasters by Carol W. Murphy
- Jamie O’Roarke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola
- The Greatest Potatoes by Penelope Stowell
- Rhino, Rhino, Sweet Potato by Francine Prose
- Big Bob and the Thanksgiving Potatoes by Daniel Pinkwater
- Big Bob and the Halloween Potatoes by Daniel Pinkwater
- The Miracle of the Potato Latkes by Malka Penn
- Pigs Love Potatoes by Deborah Stevenson
- The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup by Terry Farish
- The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues by Ellen Raskin
- The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis
- Daddy’s Greek Potato Pie by CC Minton
- From Eye to Potato by Ellen Weiss
Links
Here is a list of website links for more information on potatoes: