Who Wants Pizza? The Kids' Guide to the History, Science & Culture of Food

Following her books on global warming and life cycles, Thornhill gets the easy question out of the way first ("Who Wants Pizza? I do! And probably you do, too"), before moving onto thornier issues of where food comes from and if there's enough to go around. Amid color photographs and sidebars, Thornhill writes concisely about hunter-gatherers, agriculture, processed foods, globalization, and poverty, among numerous other topics, providing a straightforward and balanced overview of the modern food industry, and the choices readers have when it comes to their own meals. Ages 9–13. (Sept.)