The Mushroom Fan Club

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Engaging, full of fun and with expressive and humorous accompanying artwork (although personally, I would rather not have the mushrooms illustrated with eyes, with smiling facial features, finding this a bit too fantastical for a book that yes, even with its light and chattering, often bantering narrative is still first and foremost non fiction and educational), what I am primarily taking away from Elise Gravel’s The Mushroom Fan Club is her total declaration of love for both mushrooms and mushroom collecting and indeed, with so enthusiastically and lovingly a presented narrative that really if you are not after having finished perusing The Mushroom Fan Club also and equally at least a budding and potential mushroom fan, there is in my opinion, something perhaps a bit wrong with your general attitude. For yes, Elise Gravel’s exuberant text, graced by her equally thus pictures, how every fungus described in The Mushroom Fan Club is almost like a personal friend of author/illustrator, and this even with regard to those featured species that are toxic, that are potentially lethal if consumed, it really should make every one of us at the very least interested in mushrooms and their attributes, how they grow, what they look like, which species are edible, which are poisonous etc. Seconds tells the story of a talented young chef named Katie who runs a successful restaurant and plans to open a second. Afterf her life takes a sudden turn for the worse, a mysterious girl appears in the middle of the night with simple instructions for a DIY do-over — write your mistake, ingest one mushroom, go to sleep, wake up anew — and Katie is given a second chance. However, With a dresser full of magical mushrooms and an urge to make her life perfect, Katie soon discovers that her actions have consequences. Seconds is a magical graphic novel that delivers the same style and humor of Bryan O’Malley’s lauded Scott Pilgrim series. It’s the perfect escape from reality. [ Buy: Bookshop] Hungry Ghosts by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose Fostering the same spirit of creativity and curiosity, The Mushroom Fan Club promises to inspire kids to look more closely at the world around them and seek out all of life's little treasures, stinky or not! ( From Drawn & Quarterly)

Books with amazing illustrations are always a great way for children to learn, and that’s why Humongous Fungus (Underground and All Around) by Lynne Boddy is the perfect choice. The images are illustrations, but they’re near-exact replicas of the real thing. Alongside the color-in pictures are clear descriptions, written for eight to 18-year-olds, that inform children about the important details of various mushrooms.

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If your child is a visual learner then Mushrooms of the World with Pictures to Color by Jeanette Bowers and David Arora is the perfect fungi book for them.

Your child will learn about the microscopic fungi floating through your yard as well as the humongous networks of fungi that power our forests. They’ll also explore how fungi are used as medicine, how species usually pop out more clearly in the fall, and how they can even be foraged right from the forest floor in some cases. Gravel turns adventures in mushroom hunting into scintillating reading material.”— Quill & Quire Best Kids’ Books of 2018 It is a long and detailed book which may be suited to slightly older children than the recommended age group.

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Appearing on the “Best of 2018” lists of big names like Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire, The Mushroom Fan Club is an imaginative and illustrative children’s book by Elise Gravel. The story is about mushroom hunting, one of the author’s favorite family pastimes. Instead of focusing on science, however, Gravel unweaves the wonder of mushrooming by turning all life forms into English-speaking, curious characters in the story. Hungry Ghosts reunited the two writers in 2018. The book is a collection of comics that tell the story of a Russian oligarch who, in the middle of his dinner party, invites the chefs working in his kitchen to play a version of 100 candles, a Japanese Edo-period game in which brave samurai would try to one-up each other with terrifying tales of ghosts, demons, and unspeakable beings. The book isn’t exactly for the faint of heart, but it will resonate with fans of Get Jiro! and movies like Raw and Lady Snowblood. It’s riddled with unsettling tales inspired by Japanese mythology and comic book violence, but it’s also a celebration of culinary creativity and great storytelling. If you like ghost stories, Hungry Ghosts delivers kitchen nightmares that are guaranteed to haunt you. [ Buy: Bookshop] Umma’s Table by Yeon-Sik Hong