A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
Title | A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Jenkins |
Publisher | Schwartz & Wade |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2015-01-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0375987711 |
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego. Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries. Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
Title | A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Jenkins |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-01-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0375868321 |
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego. Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries. Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
Title | A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Jenkins |
Publisher | Schwartz & Wade |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2015-01-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0375868321 |
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego. Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries. Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.
Sarah Whitcher's Story
Title | Sarah Whitcher's Story PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Yates |
Publisher | Journeyforth |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780890847541 |
Describes the search for and adventures of a young girl lost in a New Hampshire forest in the pioneer days. Based on a true incident.
A Voyage in the Clouds
Title | A Voyage in the Clouds PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Olshan |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2016-10-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0374329540 |
A hilarious fictionalized retelling of the first international balloon flight.
What Can You Do with a Paleta?
Title | What Can You Do with a Paleta? PDF eBook |
Author | Carmen Tafolla |
Publisher | Tricycle Press |
Pages | 25 |
Release | 2013-04-24 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0385374526 |
Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly bell and carries a treasure of icy paletas in every color of the sarape . . . As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children. Create a masterpiece, make tough choices (strawberry or coconut?), or cool off on a warm summer's day--there's so much to do with a paleta.
A Birthday Cake for George Washington
Title | A Birthday Cake for George Washington PDF eBook |
Author | Ramin Ganeshram |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN | 9780545538237 |
An expoloration of fifty influential and inspirational women who changed the world. Everyone is buzzing about the president's birthday! Especially George Washington's servants who scurry around the kitchen preparing to make this the best celebration ever. Oh, how George Washington loves his cake! And, oh, how he depends on Hercules, his head chef, to make it for him. Hercules, a slave, takes great pride in baking the president's cake. But this year there is one problem--they are out of sugar. This story, told in the voice of Delia, Hercules' young daughter, is based on real events, and underscores the loving exchange between a very determined father and his eager daughter who are faced with an unspoken, bittersweet reality.