Not to be read on an empty stomach! This delightful collection is centered around everyone's favorite thing—food! Read about the pizza that brings you to paradise, white rice with ketchup, breadsticks, holy chili, and mac & cheese casserole!

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “A Bright Burst of Warm Gooey Clouds: Food Writing by 826NYC Students at P.S. 316 is a sensory journey with four fourth- and fifth-grade classes at Elijah G. Stroud Elementary through the delicious foods that fill their worlds and their stomachs. Inside, you’ll find argumentative essays about old favorite meals and innovative new bites. Each piece is bursting with flavor, aroma, texture, sweetness, and spice. The foods are crunchy, fluffy, ooey, gooey, slow-cooked, and snacked fast. This book is sure to cause an intense, mouthwatering, tummy-rumbling hunger. Bon appétit & buen provecho!”