Sam and the incredible African and American food fight / Shannon Gibney ; illustrations by Charly Palmer.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2023Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781517909659
- 1517909651
- 9781517915247
- 1517915244
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Family & Pets | GIBNEY SHANNON | Available | 33111011270622 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Six-year-old Sam, with his Liberian dad and African American mom, finds a way to bring everyone in his cross-cultural family together at the dinner table
Rice and okra soup: Sam's auntie from Liberia made it, and it's Dad's favorite. Mom, homegrown in Minnesota, made spaghetti and meatballs. And Sam? He's just hungry, but no matter what he chooses to eat, someone will be disappointed. Caught in the middle of his family's African and American food fight, Sam gets a little help from his grumbling stomach--and readers of this seriously funny book by Shannon Gibney get a peek at cultures colliding in a family kitchen that work out in a very delicious way. Charly Palmer's vibrant and captivating illustrations make this gentle lesson in getting along a bright and colorful visual feast as well.
Cassava leaf torbogee or homemade sausage pizza? Sam's family recipes bring Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight to an apt and happy ending--and readers can decide which dinner is best. But, really, why not both?
Ages 5-9. University of Minnesota Press.
Grades K-1. University of Minnesota Press.
Caught between his African American mom's American cooking and his Liberian dad and aunt's African cooking, Sam gets a little help from his grumbling stomach to solve his family's colliding cultures.