When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.

"On a rainy summer day, three children and their grandpa pick vegetables in his garden and then cook and share a delicious meal of his famous Rainbow Stew. Includes recipe"-- Provided by publisher.

A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.

"The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. ¡Tenga cuidado! Ramsey shouts. Be careful! But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela. Then the story takes a surprising twist. And it can be read two ways. Open the fold-out pages to find Ramsey telling a story to his family. Keep the pages folded, and Ramsey's octopus adventure is real. This beautifully illustrated...

In this tale from Cameroon, Yoyo has to make amends when she offends Brother Coin, the Great Spirit of the Market, by asking too high a price for her bitterleaf stew. Includes a recipe for a version of bitterleaf stew.

On the way in his little red car to share a big pot of stew with his friend, Mr. Winkle is unaware of the long procession forming behind him.

Curly Lock's cooking makes the Scares of Toadsuck Swamp go berserk. She has an inkling her unsavory cooking can help the situation.

When his friends decline to come over for a beef stew dinner, Nicky feels bad until a surprise visitor shows up.

Thinking the cockatoos have said "toucan stew," the toucans run away in a toucan canoe but the cockatoos set things right with some two-can stew.

An autumn chill has settled over Busman's Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden is warming up the town by offering lobster stew at the local diner. But when her landlord discovers a dead body in the walk-in refrigerator, Julia must figure out who ordered up a side of murder.