Stay for Dinner

(Hardback)

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Stay for Dinner is a powerful story that celebrates culture and connection through food, fromthe creators of The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name, winner of the 2022Children's Book Council of Australia's Award for New Illustrator.

Reshma loves dinnertime with her family. Her family eat with their hands not just finger food typeeating, but hands-on squishy eating. When shes invited to stay for dinner at her friends places, she finds out that they all eat in different ways. Some go ting ting with their cutlery, and others go click clack with their chopsticks. So what will her friends say when they see her family eat with their hands

Stay for Dinneris a requirement on every bookshelf as a resource that teaches vital social skills and cultural appreciationits a salve for everyday anxieties any child may feel in regards to fitting in with their peers. This picture book is a wonderful revelation of the true diversity evident within Australia. Books+Publishing

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Sandhya Parappukkaran left her job as a food technologist so she could put her feet up and read. Then she rediscovered her passion for childrens books. Her stories are inspired by her multicultural experience and include scrumptious food from her Kerala Indian heritage. Sandhya resides in Brisbane, Australia, with her family.

Michelle Pereira is an illustrator who spent her childhood in Nairobi, Kenya, and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Communication Design and became a professional illustrator after a somewhat extended, but enjoyable, stint of bar work. She has worked with a range of clients such as Penguin UK, Netflix, The New York Times and Marie Claire. She uses bright colours and textural elements to create playful illustrations.