A Taste of Denmark

In my higher-level small group, we've been reading Number the Stars. It's a fabulous book, though it has some pretty sad parts. We finally finished the book, and I usually have each group do some sort of food that goes along with their reading. For The BFG, we made Frobscottle, and for Holes, we made Miss Katherine's Spiced Peaches, but Number the Stars really didn't mention much food (other than the cheese and bread Annmarie took to her uncle with the special handkerchief).
So, I had the kids research different types of food from Denmark (where Annmarie's family lives). They found all sorts of things, but the tastiest (and easiest) of them was Danishes. I bought 2 packs of these huge, delicious pastries from Costco for super cheap (around $8.00) and cut them into 4 pieces. I let the kiddos decide if they wanted cream cheese or strawberry, and we had a lovely Danish breakfast together while my small group told the rest of the class about the book. They absolutely loved it!