Accessibility NotepadLine ReaderFeatureRead the selection and answer each question.Breakfast Around the World(1)All around the globe, kids begin their day with a meal. What that meal looks like often depends on the tastes and traditions of their country.New Zealand(2)Indy and Sonny’s breakfast is typical for New Zealand: cereal and kiwifruit and toast. Because the family doesn’t eat dairy, there is almond milk on the cereal and coconut oil on the toast. On the weekends, Indy and Sonny’s dad serves mushrooms and avocado on toast for everyone. Sonny loves mushrooms. Or their mum makes Indy’s favorite: buckwheat pancakes, bananas, and maple syrup. But this is a school day, so it’s cereal and toast. “I like the kiwifruit. It’s so fresh,” Indy says. “And the cereal is munchy.”China(3)On weekdays, Zixuan’s breakfast is bread and milk. But on weekends, Zixuan has a bigger breakfast just as the New Zealand children do. During the Dragon Boat Festival, a special occasion, he helps his mother make zongzi, which are dumplings made of sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. At the center of the dumplings are different stuffings—red dates, red-bean paste, meat, or chestnuts. Because zongzi take such a long time to prepare, though, Zixuan prefers making pancakes. “They’re easy to cook and very yummy!” he says.Israel(4)Breakfast in Israel usually includes fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes and cucumbers cut into small pieces, as well as tahini (a sesame paste) and olives, an influence of the local Arab culture. Dairy products, like Greek feta cheese or cottage cheese, and scrambled eggs are also part of the meal. Because it’s Saturday, Yoelli is eating challah, a sweet soft bread baked only on Fridays, for the Jewish Sabbath. Yoelli says that challah is his favorite part of breakfast, and it reminds him that there is no school today.India(5)Like the children in Israel, Kiara and Inba, who live in South India, get a hearty start to their day. Because rice grows well there, they have idlis (steamed rice dumplings) and dosas (rice pancakes made with the same batter). The idlis and dosas go well with sambar (lentil soup) and coconut chutney. Coconuts are plentiful in South India. Another breakfast choice is poori (fried wheat bread), more common in North India where wheat is grown. Kiara and Inba wash all of this down with milk. “I love milk!” says Inba with a smile.Zimbabwe(6)For Victor of Zimbabwe, the typical breakfast always includes tea mixed with milk and a couple of teaspoons of sugar. While most Zimbabwean kids have their tea with sliced bread and jam, margarine, or peanut spread, Victor likes to include one or two boiled sweet potatoes. “They stay in the stomach much longer, they have a natural sweet taste, and you can easily grow them in your backyard garden,” he says. On the weekends, when Victor is not rushing to school, toasted bread and fried eggs are often added to the menu. But, for Victor, it doesn’t matter what day it is. He is a strong advocate for sweet potatoes, which are always on his breakfast table.Sweden(7)Many kids in Sweden, like Nils and Signe, eat either a thick sour milk called fil or plain yogurt with cereal, seeds, berries, or bananas sprinkled on top. Another popular breakfast food is a hard, thin flatbread called knackebrod (ka-neck-e-brud). Nils eats his knackebrod with cottage cheese and cucumber, but it is also common to eat it with butter, cheese, and tomatoes. Sourdough bread is another great choice. But of everything on the breakfast table, hard-boiled eggs with salt are Nils’s and Signe’s favorite. Well, that and milk with cinnamon. So good!Chile(8)For Isabella, who lives in Chile, breakfast usually means toasted marraquetas (crunchy rolls), hallullas (biscuits), or white toast with melted cheese along with some fruit and juice. Sometimes she puts jam on her bread. Even though her first meal changes a little from day to day, it always contains some form of bread. That’s because bread is inexpensive and can be used in a lot of ways. “Bread is a huge part of our culture,” says Isabella’s cousin Flo. “We are taught to eat it from a very young age.” Question"Breakfast Around the World" describes breakfast foods eaten in different countries. Select the button to show if a breakfast food is eaten in each country. New Zealand Israel SwedenEggs Bread Pancakes Vegetables