The Good Garden created an interactive website for children to explore after they’ve read the book.  The website includes interactive games related to the story, a video of the real Maria, and lesson ideas for educators. Check out the project suggestion to engage groups of children in helping local families go from hunger to having enough.

I’ve also added an activity with children called “Who’s Got the Cookies?” It helps them understand that hunger is not so much an issue of lack of food, but of unequal food distribution. Afterwards, we discuss reasons that food is not getting to people who need it, using examples from current events.