{"product_id":"whats-for-lunch-how-schoolchildren-eat-around-the-world-9780889954823","title":"What's for Lunch?: How Schoolchildren Eat Around the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether their school is under a banyan tree, in a dusty tent held up with poles or in a sturdy brick structure in the heart of a bustling city, all children need a healthy lunch to be able to learn and grow. Good food nourishes both our bodies and our brains. It's one of the basic building blocks of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world has become more interconnected, what we eat has become part of a huge global system. Food is now the biggest industry on Earth. Growing it, processing it, transporting it and selling it have a major impact on people and the planet. Unpack a school lunch, and you'll discover that food is connected to issues that matter to everyone and everything such as climate change, health and inequality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat's For Lunch \u003c\/i\u003eAndrea Curtis reveals the variety and inequality to be found in the food consumed by young people in typical school lunches from thirteen countries around the world, including Japan, Kenya, Russia, United States and Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Afghanistan. In some countries, the meals are nutritious and well-balanced. In others they barely satisfy basic nutrition standards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes graphic colour photos of each of the lunches described, and stimulating sidebars that deal with various global food issues. It also provides messages for parents, teachers and kids about the significance of food, and more significantly, a list of ways in which children can reclaim school lunches for themselves by insisting on healthy, nutritious food. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAndrea's critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eInto the Blue: Family Secrets and The Search for a Great Lakes Shipwreck\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House) won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Her writing has also appeared in Toronto Life, Chatelaine, Canadian Geographic, Explore, Utne Reader, The Globe \u0026amp; Mail, Today's Parent, www.cbc.ca\/arts and others. This is her first work for a younger audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvonne Duivenvoorden \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003egrew up on a dairy farm in New Brunswick's Chaleur Bay region. Her mother often threw extra potatoes into the pot at suppertime, so that leftovers could be sliced, pan-fried and packed into Yvonne's lunch the following day. That, along with a bottle of farm fresh milk, was the best lunch she could wish for! Yvonne is now a photographer based in Toronto. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Deer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779039756562,"sku":"9780889954823","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f914a168-7fcb-410f-95d1-b9000077cbc7.jpg?v=1765365662","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whats-for-lunch-how-schoolchildren-eat-around-the-world-9780889954823","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}