| Everybody Cooks Rice Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dooley, Norah (Author), Thornton, Peter J. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0876145918 ISBN-13: 9780876145913 Publisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm) OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: On her way to find her little brother for dinner, Carrie samples each family's dinner in her neighborhood. By the time she tracks down her brother, Carrie has discovered a world of rice dishes in her own backyard. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Cooking & Food |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Series: Carolrhoda Picture Books |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.3" W x 8.7" (0.20 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 18397 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nifty neighborhood. Nifty book--The New York Times Book Review In this multicultural picture book, Carrie goes from one neighbor's house to the next looking for her brother, who is late for dinner. She discovers that although each family is from a different country, everyone makes a rice dish at dinnertime. Readers will enjoy trying the simple recipes that correspond to each family's unique rice dish. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dooley, Norah: - Norah Dooley is a storyteller and children's author. Norah's widely acclaimed picture books, Everybody Cooks Rice, Everybody Bakes Bread, Everybody Serves Soup, and Everybody Brings Noodles, (Carolrhoda) are four titles in a series about her former neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Norah has performed as a featured storyteller in the Cambridge River Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Albany NY River Festival, 3 Apples Storytelling Festival, Christmas and Spring Revels in Cambridge, and and at the Clearwater Festival. Norah presents workshops and stories for people of all ages throughout New England and also in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Phoenix. She has published six spoken word CDs, and she is the co-founder of massmouth.org, a 501c3 promoting the timeless art of storytelling through social media, education, and live performance. Norah was described as "an entrancing storyteller" by Scott Alarik in the Boston Globe. |