A Little Bit of Soul Food

by Amy Wilson Sanger, Amy Wilson Sanger (Illustrator)

Overview

The comforting flavors of fried chicken, mac 'n' cheese, collards, and other home-cooked treats fill the fifth title in the World Snacks series. But it's the gorgeous quilting that nearly steals the show in this celebration of two all-American traditions.


   •  Includes glossary of soul foods.


   •  Great addition to Black History collection.


   •  Over 40,000 World Snacks books sold.


   •  Buy all five and make it a Snacks Pack!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582461090
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	06/01/2004
Series:	World Snacks Series
Edition description:	BOARD
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	421,207
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

AMY WILSON SANGER is the creator of the Tricycle's best-selling World Snacks series for toddlers. She lives with her family in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

Amy Wilson Sanger brings A Little Bit of Soul Food to the table, in an addition to World Snacks series. Full-bleed photos of 3-D paper food creations rest on quilted fabric backdrops (a heap of fried chicken and pot full of collard greens are especially convincing). On the final spread, a cross-stitch sampler shares grandmotherly wisdom: "Soul is good for you, just use a little lard. It's okay if we get messy when we're eating in the yard!" Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

PreS-K-The cover of this brief introduction features an enticing dish piled with fried chicken, collard greens, and coleslaw. The text has a singsong quality: "When I wake up I smell biscuits/and gravy for our grits./I say thanks for smokey ham/cut into little itty bits." While the rhyme scheme is inconsistent, resulting in occasional unevenness, Sanger's three-dimensional collage images using wood, plastic, fabric, paper, and cross-stitching are wonderful. The board-book format would at first indicate that the audience for this book is infants and toddlers, but the text and the abstract nature of the illustrations make it a better choice for older children. The foods mentioned are listed on the back cover with a short explanation of each item. This offering could be used for curriculum units on food and culture.-Mary N. Oluonye, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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