Delicious!: Poems Celebrating Street Food around the World
By (Author) Julie Larios
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Simon & Schuster
Beach Lane Books
1st May 2021
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Early years: verse, rhymes and wordplay
811.6
Hardback
32
Width 254mm, Height 254mm, Spine 15mm
469g
Journey around the world with this poetry collection celebrating delicious international street food!
The world is a delicious place! Come along on an international journey to try a hot pretzel in New York City; saffron tea in Mumbai, India; deep fried scorpions in Beijing, China; and much, much more.
This poetry collection celebrates all the different kinds of street food from around the globe, introducing young readers to snacks they know and ones theyve never heard ofshowing that no matter where we live, we all appreciate a yummy treat!
Julie Lariostaught for seven years on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in their MFA in writing for children program before turning full-time to her writing. Her work has earned her a Pushcart Prize, a Washington State Artist Trust Fellowship Award, and two inclusions in the annual Best American Poetry series for her poetry for adults. She has published four books of poetry for children.
Julie Paschkisis a painter, textile designer, and award-winning illustrator and author of many books for children, includingVivid: Poems and Notes about Color;Pablo Neruda: Poet of the Peopleby Monica Brown, an Amricas Award winner and an Orbis Pictus Honor book;Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreamsby Janet S. Wong, aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Book;Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderellaby Paul Fleischman; andYellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiaryby Julie Larios, a Boston GlobeHorn Award Honor Book. She lives in Seattle with her husband. Visit her at JuliePaschkis.com.