Celebrating National Pizza Week

National Pizza Week starts the second Sunday in January – this year, it starts on January 10.  Check out one of the titles below to celebrate with your Piscataway Public Library. Place a hold online or using the LMxPRESS PLUS app, or give us a call at Kennedy or Westergard to have a library staff member pull the title for you. From picture books to cookbooks, pick up a new book for you or your family – takeout only, no delivery. Check out these hot and ready reads:

picture of Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin, Pizza for the Queen by Nancy Castaldo, Mitzvah Pizza by Sarah Lynn Scheerger

Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin, Pizza for the Queen by Nancy Castaldo, Mitzvah Pizza by Sarah Lynn Scheerger

  • Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin, the author of Dragons Love Tacos – While Raccoon is eating pizza at his secret pizza party, he sees a masquerade going on next door and joins the fun. You can also borrow the movie, or the read-along movie version, on hoopla
  • Pizza for the Queen by Nancy Castaldo – Based on the true story of Raffaele Esposito, this book includes a recipe!  In 1889, Chef Raffaele Esposito makes the best pizza in all of Napoli! It is so good that even Queen Margherita herself has requested a taste.
  • Mitzvah Pizza by  Sarah Lynn Scheerger – Missy is trying to decide what to buy when she meets a new friend and learns she can buy pizza for people who cannot afford a slice.

    picture of Hold the Anchovies! A Book About Pizza by Shelley Rotner, Babies Don’t Eat Pizza by Dianne Danzig, Extra Cheese, Please! Mozzarella’s Journey from Cow to Pizza by Cris Peterson

    Hold the Anchovies! A Book About Pizza by Shelley Rotner, Babies Don’t Eat Pizza by Dianne Danzig, Extra Cheese, Please! Mozzarella’s Journey from Cow to Pizza by Cris Peterson

  • Hold the Anchovies!  A Book About Pizza by Shelley Rotner – Learn about the ingredients that are used to make pizza! Includes recipes. 
  • Babies Don’t Eat Pizza by Dianne Danzig – A book for older children to learn about their newborn siblings. 
  • Extra Cheese, Please!  Mozzarella’s Journey from Cow to Pizza by Cris Peterson – When Annabelle the cow gives birth to her calf, she also begins to produce milk, which eventually ends up on a pizza!

    picture of Zorgoochi Intergalactic Pizza: Delivery of Doom by Dan Yaccarino, World Pizza by Cece Meng, Wolfie Monster and the Big Bad Pizza Battle by Joey Ellis

    Zorgoochi Intergalactic Pizza: Delivery of Doom by Dan Yaccarino, World Pizza by Cece Meng, Wolfie Monster and the Big Bad Pizza Battle by Joey Ellis

     

  • Zorgoochi Intergalactic Pizza: Delivery of Doom by Dan Yaccarino –  Newly responsible for delivering pizza all over the galaxy, Luno and his friends, an intelligent garlic bulb, and a robot pizza oven, go on dangerous delivery adventures. 
  • World Pizza by Cece Meng – Mama misspeaks while wishing on a star, wishing for world pizza instead of world peace.  Soon there’s pizza everywhere! 
  • Wolfie Monster and the Big Bad Pizza Battle by Joey Ellis – When the most successful businessman ever, tries to take over every store in town, Wolfie Monster and his brothers must find a way to save Magik Cheez Pizza.

    Picture of Nothing Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski, A Pizza the Size of the Sun: Poems by Jack Prelutsky, Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How To Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky

    Nothing Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski, A Pizza the Size of the Sun: Poems by Jack Prelutsky, Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How To Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky

     

  • Nothing Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski – Nothing beats a pizza, when you’re in a pizza mood, because a pizza isn’t anything, like any other food. Over 30 poems for kids! 
  • A Pizza the Size of the Sun: Poems by Jack Prelutsky – With colorful illustrations, these humorous poems are a laugh for the whole family.  You can also borrow this volume of poetry as an audiobook on CD. 
  • Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How To Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky – This fun guide, filled with poetry exercises, ideas, projects, and pointers, teaches readers how to write poetry.  Borrow the ebook from hoopla.

    picture of My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way To Make Spectacular Pizza At Home by Jim Lahey, Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest For Pizza And Redemption by Ed Levine, Wolfgang Puck’s Pizza, Pasta, and More! by Wolfgang Puck

    My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way To Make Spectacular Pizza At Home by Jim Lahey, Serious Eater: A Food Lover’s Perilous Quest For Pizza And Redemption by Ed Levine, Wolfgang Puck’s Pizza, Pasta, and More! by Wolfgang Puck

  • My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way To Make Spectacular Pizza At Home by Jim Lahey – Make professional-quality pizza at home, no kneading required! 
  • Serious Eater : A Food Lover’s Perilous Quest For Pizza And Redemption by Ed Levine – Levine is the founder of SeriousEats.com and the host of the Serious Eats podcast, Special Sauce. This book includes recipes by J. Kenji López-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks of BraveTart. 
  • Wolfgang Puck’s Pizza, Pasta, and More! by Wolfgang Puck – the title says it all! 

Are these titles not cheesy enough for you?  Explore the pizzariffic holdings of all 32 LMxAC Libraries.

 

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