Release Date - June 2014
Laburnum Press
Book Review by Bob Walch
Part of the “Sparklers”
series that pictures the foods we eat, this picture book looks at
dinner time. Featuring full page, color photos of children from
various cultures, the author begins by asking a series of questions.
“What time do you eat your dinner? How do you help make dinner?
Who sets the table at your house?” are just a few of these
questions the reader is asked to respond to.
Next we see some of the
items one might find on a family’s dinner table. These foods range
from rice, fresh vegetables and pasta to fish, meat and desserts.
Finally, at the back of
the book is a recipe for cucumber and yoghurt dish called raita.
There are also suggested activities to engage the child in food
preparation.
This book is a fun way to
engage a young child in a discussion of food and what we eat when we
sit down at the dinner table.