5 Best food books like May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart

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May Your Life Be Deliciosa

By: Michael Genhart

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A delicious and fortifying picture book inspired by the author’s family, featuring the Mexican trad…

"Where is the recipe? I ask. Abuela laughs. It is in my heart, Rosie. I use mis ojos, my eyes, to measure. Mis manos, my hands, to feel. Mi boca, my mouth, to taste."

-Michael Genhart, May Your Life Be Deliciosa

If you liked the food plot in May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Islandborn by Junot Díaz, Leo Espinosa

1. Islandborn

By: Junot Díaz , Leo Espinosa

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz comes a debut picture book abou… read more

Similar categories in Junot Díaz's Islandborn book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction

2. Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

By: Margarita Engle , Rafael López

3.40

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Girls cannot be drummers.Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule--unti… read more

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3. Alma and How She Got Her Name

By: Juana Martinez-Neal

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In which the protagonist asks her father about the long name he gave her. read more

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4. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Goade's Berry Song book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • food
  • family
  • fiction
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6. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Watercress book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
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7. Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient

By: Areli Morales

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibra… read more

Similar categories in Areli Morales's Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

8. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Noble Maillard's Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • cooking
  • food
  • family
Cover of Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

9. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. Mel Fell

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tale about self-confidence and taking a leap of faith, starring a kingfisher. Sometimes, you m… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Mel Fell book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's Farmhouse book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

12. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Powwow Day

By: Traci Sorell

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eight-year-old River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she e… read more

Similar categories in Traci Sorell's Powwow Day book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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14. Gibberish

By: Young Vo

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, a… read more

Similar categories in Young Vo's Gibberish book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Wonder Walkers

By: Micha Archer

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Micha Archer's detailed collages give readers an outlook on the splendors of nature. When two cu… read more

Similar categories in Micha Archer's Wonder Walkers book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Is rain the day's tears? Is the moon the world's night light? I wonder. Me too."

-Micha Archer, Wonder Walkers

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16. Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost

By: Betina Birkjær

4.41

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful, candid picture book for children to understand what happens when a loved one begins su… read more

Similar categories in Betina Birkjær's Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd

17. Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

By: Traci N. Todd

4.50

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

This picture book biography tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to become the acclaimed si… read more

Similar categories in Traci N. Todd's Nina: A Story of Nina Simone book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner

18. I Sang You Down from the Stars

By: Tasha Spillett-Sumner

4.46

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a Native mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacre… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Spillett-Sumner's I Sang You Down from the Stars book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn   Harris

19. Have You Ever Seen a Flower?

By: Shawn Harris

3.87

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

One child experiences a flower with all five senses—from its color to its fragrance to the entire u… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Harris's Have You Ever Seen a Flower? book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. Soul Food Sunday

By: Winsome Bingham

4.38

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this celebration of food, traditions, and ga… read more

Similar categories in Winsome Bingham's Soul Food Sunday book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • cooking
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
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21. My Two Border Towns

By: David Bowles

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy's life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visit… read more

Similar categories in David Bowles's My Two Border Towns book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • family
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22. Boogie Boogie, Y'all

By: C.G. Esperanza

3.77

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Author-illustrator C. G. Esperanza celebrates the culture of the Boogie Down Bronx. Boogie boog… read more

Similar categories in C.G. Esperanza's Boogie Boogie, Y'all book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Bright Star by Yuyi Morales

23. Bright Star

By: Yuyi Morales

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Yuyi Morales weaves the tale of a fawn making her way through a landscape that is dangerous, beauti… read more

Similar categories in Yuyi Morales's Bright Star book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • spanish literature
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez

24. Where Are You From?

By: Yamile Saied Méndez

4.38

Format: 32 pages, None

In which a girl who is asked where she's really from turns to her abuelo for the answer. read more

Similar categories in Yamile Saied Méndez's Where Are You From? book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf

25. My City Speaks

By: Darren Lebeuf

4.16

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A young girl, who is visually impaired, finds much to celebrate as she explores the city she loves.… read more

Similar categories in Darren Lebeuf's My City Speaks book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua by Gloria Amescua

26. Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

By: Gloria Amescua

4.38

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The biography of an indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's cultur… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Amescua's Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson

27. The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

By: Cynthia Levinson

4.16

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated biography of Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn“The first thing I can remember,” B… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Levinson's The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Me I Choose To Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

28. The Me I Choose To Be

By: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of I Love My Hair! joins forces with a dynamic photography duo in this stunn… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Anastasia Tarpley's The Me I Choose To Be book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart

29. May Your Life Be Deliciosa

By: Michael Genhart

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A delicious and fortifying picture book inspired by the author’s family, featuring the Mexican trad… read more

Similar categories in Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • holiday
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • spanish literature
  • christmas
  • cooking
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
"Where is the recipe? I ask. Abuela laughs. It is in my heart, Rosie. I use mis ojos, my eyes, to measure. Mis manos, my hands, to feel. Mi boca, my mouth, to taste."

-Michael Genhart, May Your Life Be Deliciosa

Cover of Coquí in the City by Nomar Perez

30. Coquí in the City

By: Nomar Perez

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book based on the author-illustrator's own experiences, about a boy who moves to the U.S.… read more

Similar categories in Nomar Perez's Coquí in the City book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Mi Casa Is My Home by Laurenne Sala

31. Mi Casa Is My Home

By: Laurenne Sala

4.03

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Lucia invites you to visit her bustling casa and meet an intergenerational array of loved ones in a… read more

Similar categories in Laurenne Sala's Mi Casa Is My Home book and Michael Genhart's May Your Life Be Deliciosa

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • spanish literature
  • family

21 Best fiction books like May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart

Transform Your Habits

Islandborn

Junot Díaz , Leo Espinosa

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Watercress

Andrea Wang

4.53

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14 best-selling fiction books like Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez

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Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Name Jar

Yangsook Choi

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Islandborn

Junot Díaz , Leo Espinosa

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Our Class is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection)

Shannon Olsen

4.57

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