WUNDERLAND

Food Literacy programming for schools, libraries and communities.

WUNDERLAND turns classrooms and and community rooms into sensory spaces where students explore food as a way to understand identity, community, and the world around them. Food literacy is about more than knowing what’s healthy – it’s about identity, memory, history, and care. Our school and library programs help students, families, and educators explore the deeper meaning of food through taste, storytelling, and shared experience, while learning to apply ethnographic skills to their own lives.

Programs align with Common Core themes, science standards, social-emotional learning (SEL), and culturally responsive education goals. Led by June Jo Lee, acclaimed food ethnographer, TED speaker, and picture book author. She turns schools and libraries into Flavor Labs, Story Circles, and Sensory Classrooms, where learning becomes lived, felt, and tasted.

Choose Your Storytime

All workshops are 60 minutes and tailored by age group. Perfect for elementary and middle grade students, teens, and adults. 

Storytime #1 Kraut-chi Workshop 

(Grades K-5) Kids, Families
Did you know sauerkraut is German for kimchi? Kids learn about microbes, fermentation, and transformation while making fizzy kraut-chi to take home. Includes storytime from Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild.

Storytime #2 Flavor Remix Workshop

(Grades 2-12) Kids, Teens
Chocolate and kimchi in the same room? Yes, please. Participants remix memory and flavor while making their own Awesome Sauce, inspired by Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix. 

Storytime #3 Hot Mess Kimchi Workshop 

(Grades 6-12) Teens & Adults
What’s your flavor of home? What are your food rules? We make kimchi while reflecting on identity, care, and culture. Come for the kimchi-making. Stay for the culture-making.

Learning Objectives

- Food Science & Fermentation
- Sensory Education & Taste Mapping
- Cultural Identity & Immigration
- Health, Wellness & Food Equity
- Nonfiction Writing & Reflective Storytelling
- LGBTQ+ & HIV Awareness through Food Narratives

Books from Readers to Eaters

Picture biographies 
- Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix  
- Sandor Katz and The Tiny Wild  
- Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
- Farmer Eva’s Green Garden Life
- Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious

Food Systems for Young Readers
- Sylvia’s Spinach / Las espinacas de Sylvia
- Zora’s Zucchini / Las calabacitas de Zora
- The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter
- Bread Lab

Food Poetry 
- Our School Garden
- A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food

More Ways to Celebrate Food Culture

Programming & Books. Highlight your community’s culture through food and the arts. Invite Local Experts. Gardeners, farmers, and beekeepers share lived knowledge. Cultural Exchange. Celebrate food traditions and recipes. Strategic Partnerships. Connect with school nurses, culinary programs, school gardens, and 4-H. Youth Empowerment. Center youth voices in food justice and mental wellness

Past Partners

New York Public Library • New York City Public School • San Francisco Public Libraries • Washington DC Public Library • The Dalton School • California Farmers Markets • Skokie Public Library •  First Book • FreshFarm FoodPrints • Farmers Foodprint • Organic Valley • Google

Ready to Wunderland?

Whether you’re hosting a summer reading series, an offsite team retreat, or a school-wide culture day – we’d love to cook something up with you.

Email Philip@ReadersToEaters.com