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Jan 27, 2015 | ISBN 9780375868320 | 4-8 years Buy
Jan 27, 2015 | ISBN 9780375987717 | 4-8 years Buy
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Jan 27, 2015 | ISBN 9780375868320 | 4-8 years
Jan 27, 2015 | ISBN 9780375987717 | 4-8 years
A New York Times Best Illustrated BookFrom 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.
Emily Jenkins has written many highly acclaimed books for children, including Water in the Park, a Booklist Editors’ Choice and a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book; Lemonade in Winter, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and two Boston Globe–Horn… More about Emily Jenkins
“There is no other word but delicious.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review“More than mere confection, A Fine Dessert is a rich and satisfying journey across four centuries…simply delectable.”—School Library Journal, starred review“A delicious book about a delicious treat.”—Booklist, starred review“This is classic Jenkins in its seemingly casual, observation-rich text; the folkloric structure of the process makes the prose rhythmic and readable, while the changing settings mark the significant historical and industrial shifts over the centuries.”—Bulletin, starred review
Emily Jenkins & Sophie Blackall create A FINE DESSERT!
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