Granny's kitchen : a Jamaican story of food and family

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Title:

Granny's kitchen : a Jamaican story of food and family

Author:

Smith, Sadé, author.

Daley, Ken, 1976- illustrator.

Summary:

Shelly-Ann lives with her Granny on the beautiful island of Jamaica. When Shelly-Ann becomes hungry, she asks her Granny for something to eat. Granny tells her “Gyal, you betta can cook!” and teaches Shelly-Ann how to get in touch with her Jamaican roots through the process of cooking. As Shelly-Ann tries each recipe, everything goes wrong. But when Granny is too tired to cook one morning, Shelly-Ann will have to find the courage to try one more time and prepare the perfect Jamaican breakfast. -- Amazon.

Audience:

003-006.

General Note:

Includes Granny's recipes and fun facts about Jamaica.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Cooking, Jamaican -- Juvenile fiction.

Cooking -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Jamaica -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Daley, Ken, 1976-

Publisher:

Feiwel and Friends,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781250806338

Publication Information:

New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022.

Call Number:

P SMITH

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Summary

Accompanied by Ken Daley's vibrant, sun-soaked artwork, Sadé Smith's debut picture book Granny's Kitchen is the perfect readaloud for budding chefs everywhere.

Shelly-Ann lives with her Granny on the beautiful island of Jamaica. When Shelly-Ann becomes hungry, she asks her Granny for something to eat. Granny tells her "Gyal, you betta can cook!" and teaches Shelly-Ann how to get in touch with her Jamaican roots through the process of cooking.

As Shelly-Ann tries each recipe, everything goes wrong. But when Granny is too tired to cook one morning, Shelly-Ann will have to find the courage to try one more time and prepare the perfect Jamaican breakfast.

Praise for Granny's Kitchen :

"Warm and inviting. Daley's vibrant, highly saturated illustrations bolster the appeal and are sure to entice young readers--and perhaps encourage them to try their own hand in the kitchen. ... A vibrant, upbeat story of a determined girl and her love of food." -- Kirkus Reviews

Author Notes

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sadé Smith is a Canadian children's book author of Jamaican descent. She loves to write stories that will allow your imagination to take you away. Her books often involve food and recipes for readers to enjoy along with vibrant illustrations to capture the colors of the Caribbean islands. In addition to writing, she is also a designer/technologist who practices the skilled trades and home renovations. She can swing a hammer as well as she can swing a pen. Granny's Kitchen is her debut.

Ken Daley is the prize-winning illustrator of Granny's Kitchen by Sadé Smith, Joseph's Big Ride by Terry Farish--an Ontario Library Association Best Bet--and Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings by Francie Latour. Ken was born in Canada to parents who emigrated from Dominica. His art and illustrations are inspired by his African-Caribbean roots and he has exhibited his work in Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean. His artwork can be found in numerous private and public collections.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A rumbling tummy leads to intergenerational cooking lessons--and a message to keep trying--in this mouth-watering picture book. Stored in Granny's cupboards and dangling from mango and ackee trees outside the house, good food surrounds Shelly-Ann, a girl living on the island of Jamaica, where, Smith writes, "the sun is always shining and the weather is sweet." When hunger drives the child to ask for something to eat, Granny answers, "GYAL, YOU BETTA CAN COOK!" and teaches the child to make family favorites, both from memory and from recipe cards. Despite burning her first attempt at dumplins, cooking ackee that's too soft, oversalting the saltfish, and making up mushy plantains ("I can't cook!" she cries each time), Shelly-Ann keeps at it, internalizing perseverance alongside elements of cuisine, culture, and family. Daly's candy-colored, sun-dappled digital illustrations, which portray the characters with brown skin, vividly visualize the call-and-response text. Recipes and facts about Jamaica conclude. Ages 3--6. (July)