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BC Libraries presents:

2015 Edible Books Festival

April 1, O’Neill Library Lobby

2015 Edible Books Festival

photos by Kevin Tringale, Burns Library

Goldenbox and the Three Pears 1st prize winner

Ginny Greeley, Sarah Faith Spencer, and Esther Griswold, Theology & Ministry Library

inspiration: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Very Hungry Caterpillar 2nd prize winner

Team Hillside, Dining Services

inspiration: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Banana Karenina 3rd prize winner

Terra Kallemeyn, O’Neill Library

inspiration: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

A Lesson Before Dye-ing Atem Ntantang, class of ’17

inspired by A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Alicia Kosin, class of ’18

inspiration: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss

A Raisin in the Sun Tricia McMahon, O’Neill Library

inspiration: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Eating Peeps Is Wrong Scott Britton, O’Neill Library

inspiration: Eating People Is Wrong by Malcolm Bradbury

Sweet Francaise Adeane Bregman, Bapst Library

inspiration: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

Orange Is the New Snack Ginny Greeley, Sarah Faith Spencer, and Esther Griswold, Theology & Ministry Library

inspiration: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman

The Color Purple Amy Howard, O’Neill Library

inspiration: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Perks of Being a Cauliflower Scott Britton, O’Neill Library

inspiration: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Chicka Chicka Cupcake Cupcake Trina Soderquist, Educational Resource Center

inspiration: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin

Hullaballoo in the Guava Compote and Inheritance of Moss (Pudding) Steve Runge, O’Neill Library

inspiration: Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard and Inheritance of Moss both by Kiran Desai

Superfudge Este Pope, O’Neill Library

inspiration: Superfudge by Judy Bloom

The Brothers Carrotmazov Marie Pellissier, class of ’15

inspiration: The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Midnight Snack in the Garden of Good and Evil Catherine Mendola, class of ‘15

inspiration: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

The Long Winter Enid Karr, O’Neill Library

inspiration: The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Blueberry Pie Margaret Briand Wolfe

inspiration: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Roach Bug Cake Scott Britton, O’Neill Library

inspiration: The Roach Bug Cake by Ashley Medlin

Invisible Flan Karen Miller, History Department

inspiration: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison or Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Shanna Gilberg, Information Technology Services

inspiration: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Little Engine That Can(dy) Do Wanda Anderson & Dorothea Rees, O’Neill Library

inspiration: The Little Engine That Could by Mabel C. Bragg

Frankenstein: Adding Insult to Injury Frances Bates, O’Neill Library

inspiration: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

What to Eggspect When You’re Eggspecting Anna Bartolini, O’Neill Library

inspiration: What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff

Transforming Light Scott Britton, O’Neill Library

inspiration: Transforming Light: The Stained-Glass Windows of Boston College by Virginia Chieffo Raguin

After the winners are announced, viewers sample the creations.

So many delicious choices.

Library staff helped serve the treats.

A successful festival.