A lunch box filled with snails and spiders and eggs?! That is not MY lunch box! Whose could it be? Join in on a surprising camping trip and discover the favorite meals of all your favorite forest creatures—from the wood frog (who loves a lunch of spiders and snails!) to the moose (who prefers pond weed and shrubs). Rich art illustrates the beautiful biodiversity found in our forests and expressive, repetitive text helps even the youngest naturalists learn all about herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores—oh, my!

Jennifer Dupuis is an author, educator, and active community volunteer. She is blind and devotes much of her time in service to others with disabilities. She lives just north of Portland, Maine.

Carol Schwartz has illustrated more than fifty picture books, including My Busy Green Garden, which Kirkus called “a lovely literary and artistic rendering.” Her other books include Sea Squares (an Outstanding Science Trade Book and Children’s Choice award winner), The Maiden of Northland (an Aesop Accolade List book), and Thinking about Ants (an Outstanding Science Trade Book). Carol taught illustration at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and has shared her passion for illustrating at the hundreds of elementary schools, libraries, conferences, and colleges she has visited. She lives in Connecticut.

This is Not My Lunch Box