Picture Book: Bread Comes to Life: A
Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat
Author: George
Levenson
Photographer: Shmuel
Thaler
Summary:
This informative book in verse illustrates with vivid photographs the stages
from sowing the wheat grass seed all the way to slicing the bread. In the back
is more information about wheat, including a recipe for baking bread.
Hanna’s Comments: I didn’t know until I saw the photo in this book that “each
new grain of harvest wheat looks just like loaf to eat.” It really does! Bread
is such a ubiquitous part of cultures all over the world, sacred and secular.
Helping children understand its source and steps necessary before they bite
into a slice will help them appreciate its value at home, school, church, and all
over the world.
Here's another picture book about bread. I like this one because it emphasizes how a large variety of bread is eaten throughout the world.
Age & Grade Appropriateness: 3 and up, Pre and up
# of Pages:32
Available in Spanish? Not at present
Formats other than Book: None at present
PBT Category:
Nonfiction, Post 2K
PBT Topics this Book Connects with: abundance/bounty, blessings, body of
Christ, bonds/connections, communion/Eucharist, eggs/seeds, feasting/food/hunger/nutrition,
gardening/planting/pruning/sowing, God’s care/providence, harvest, labor/work,
manna, memories/remembering/ritual/tradition, at table, temptations,
time/timing/over time, transformation, worship
Scripture Connections: Go eat your bread with joy (Ecclesiastes 9:7); man
shall not live by bread alone (Matthew 4:4); various communion scriptures found
in all 4 gospels; because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body for
we all partake of one bread (1 Corinthians 10:17)
Idea(s) for Application: Consider using this book when teaching children about
communion practices or the symbolism of Body of Christ. Do some baking in the
room beforehand so the children can experience the bread in multi-sensory ways.
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