My Food, Your Food

by Lisa Bullard, Christine M. Schneider (Illustrator)

Overview

It's food week in Manuel's class. Each student tells about something special his or her family eats. Manuel learns that families have different food traditions. Some eat noodles with chopsticks. Others use a fork. Some families eat flat bread. Others eat puffy bread. What kind of food will Manuel share with his class? Join him to find out how deliciously different and alike food can be.

Explore the ways in which people and cultures are similar and how they're unique in the Alike and Different series, part of the Cloverleaf Books™ collection. Diverse young narrators explore similarities and differences among people and cultures by comparing and contrasting their own lives to their friends' and neighbors' lives. Kid-friendly text and appealing illustrations make these informational fiction books fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467760317
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Cloverleaf Alike and Different Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD520L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lisa Bullard is the award-winning author of more than 60 books for children, including You Can Write a Story: A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids. She teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center and regularly visits schools to talk with students about story-writing.

Christine M. Schneider owns Yellow Pencil Studio, Inc., an illustration and design studio, and has illustrated a number of picture books. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with her husband and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

"[The text] is clear and straightforward yet also nuanced and culturally sensitive...emphasizes that it's best not to ignore differences but to learn more about them....All students can benefit from this series."―School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

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