Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Come and Eat! is a delicious banquet of food photos and cultural eating customs around the world. It brings to mind Time Photos of “What the World Eats” (Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet) except Come and Eat! serves to children with less of an agenda towards changing what’s on the reader’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cultural Traditions'
Come and Eat!
August 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Cultural Traditions·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Food Choices·George Ancona·Huyen MacMichael·Multicultural·Preschoolers
Bringing In the New Year
February 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This story is a perfect introduction for youngsters to the Lunar New Year. It follows a Chinese family as they prepare and celebrate the coming new year. Simple sentences and colorful, energetic cartoon illustrations depict the cleaning, decorating, cooking, dressing and celebrating along with the reasons for each activity to bring […]
Tags: Asia·Asian·Chinese New Year·Cleaning·Cooking·Cultural Traditions·Dumplings·Early Elementary·Ethnic Food·Grace Lin·Holidays·Huyen MacMichael·Lunar New Year·Preschoolers