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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)
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1992
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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.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Cooking & Food
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 5-9
Grade Level: Kindergarten-4
Lexile Measure: 690(Not Available)
Guided Reading: M (Grade 2)
Series: Carolrhoda Picture Books
Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.94" W x 7.34" L (0.22 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 18397
Reading Level: 3.8   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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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.


 
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