The back matter for Sweet! The (Not So) Sugarcoated Story of Our Favorite Taste (April 2027) includes my author’s note, Irene Chan’s illustrator’s note, and recommendations for further reading.

With all this material that Charlesbridge Publishing does include in those final pages, there wasn’t room to also list any of the 131 (!) sources I found most helpful in writing the text for the book.

So, I’m presenting the complete bibliography here, and the book includes the URL for the Sweet! page on my website, which in turn links to this post.

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