Tomie dePaola books are great!
This story is about a boy who brings his friend to visit his Italian grandmother.
He tells his friend to look out for chicken feet in the soup, and sure enough, there are chicken feet in the soup.
I love how the boy starts out feeling annoyed with his grandmother and even a little embarrassed, but leaves her house full of love and gratitude for her.
The illustrations are funny and tell a lot of the story.
There's even a recipe in the back for the bread the grandmother makes in the story.
Bear enjoyed hearing this book over and over.
To see what others are reading, visit Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns.
This story is about a boy who brings his friend to visit his Italian grandmother.
He tells his friend to look out for chicken feet in the soup, and sure enough, there are chicken feet in the soup.
I love how the boy starts out feeling annoyed with his grandmother and even a little embarrassed, but leaves her house full of love and gratitude for her.
The illustrations are funny and tell a lot of the story.
There's even a recipe in the back for the bread the grandmother makes in the story.
Bear enjoyed hearing this book over and over.
To see what others are reading, visit Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns.
Sounds like a sweet story =)
ReplyDeleteSounds cute! I love that there is a recipe on the back as well. Great choice!
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of dePaola books in our library, I will look for this one. Thanks for the review and the link!
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot of good things about dePaola and I really should check his books out sometime at the library. This one sounds great, but I looked online and they don't have it, darn! Thanks for the recommendation though - I'm definitely going to look at his other books!
ReplyDeleteI think this sweet book would appeal to my little girls sense of humour.
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I like how you substitued a squash for a pumpkin and then called it an albino pumpkin.