Sugar changed the world: a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos — Songs, oral histories, maps, and more than eighty archival illustrations help trace the history of sugar and the sugar trade.

The story of Coca-Cola by Lonnie Bell — Discusses the founding and development of Coca-Cola, which calls itself "the world's soft drink."

The seed vault by Bonnie Juettner — The seed vault in Norway houses plant seeds from around the world to be stored in the event that the plant needs to be re-introduced into the food supply.

The Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919 by Deborah Kops — January 15, 1919, was an unseasonably warm day in Boston, Massachusetts, and a day that would go down in history. One minute it was business as usual on the waterfront and the next--KABOOM! A large tank of molasses exploded, sending shards of metal hundreds of feet away, collapsing buildings, and coating the harborfront community with a thick layer of stick-sweet sludge.

The story of salt by Mark Kurlansky ; [illustrated by] S.D. Schindler — The story of the only rock we eat, including its origin, the other discoveries made because of it, and tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages.

Frozen in time: Clarence Birdseye's outrageous idea about frozen food by Mark Kurlansky — Presents the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry, and is adapted from Mark Kurlansky's adult work. His limitless curiosity spurred his other inventions, including the electric sunlamp, an improved incandescent lightbulb, and a harpoon gun to tag finback whales.

The case of the vanishing honeybees: a scientific mystery by Sandra Markle — Presents facts about the ongoing investigation into the decline of honey bees around the world from colony collapse disorder, as scientists look at the impact of such factors as pesticides, farmer transportation of bee hives, fungal infections, and climate change.

The Mars family: M&M Mars candy makers by Joanne Mattern — Relates the history of the Mars, Inc., a candy business started in the 1920s by Frank C. Mars, who was later joined by his son, Forrest, who expanded the operation to other countries and products before finally becoming the sole owner of Mars following the deaths of his parents.

What the world eats by photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio — A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food.

Candy bomber: the story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell — World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do.