Empanadas for Everyone

(Hardback)

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In the vein of Thank You, Omu! and Bilal Cooks Daal comes a lyrical and nourishing tale about the importance of food to a communityand value of community to the experience of cookingas told through the eyes of a young girl helping her ta.

Every Saturday, Carina visits Ta Mimi in her barrio, which is always humming with life. There is msica that hums from the windows, old cuentos floating on the breeze, and the honking of cars that creates the soundtrack of the morning. Every Saturday, she loves to make empanadas with her aunt, singing: I like empanadas! I like you! Me gustan las empanadas! Me gustas t!

Not this Saturday though. This Saturday, Ta Mimi has gone to volunteer at the neighborhood food center and asks Carina to collect the ingredients all on her own. But maybe, with a little guidance from friends, Carina will be able to help Ta Mimiand learn a little about what connects a community along the way.

Author Bio

Jackie Aza Kramerstudied acting and voice at New York University and earned her MA at Queens College for counseling in education. Jackie has worked as an actor, singer, and school counselor. Her work with children presented her with an opportunity to address their concerns, secrets, and hopes through storytelling. Now she spends her time writing childrens picture books. Jackies books include the award-winningThe Green Umbrella(a Bank Street College Best Childrens Book of the Year),If You Want to Fall Asleep,The Boy and the Gorilla, andEmpanadas for Everyone. Jackie lives with her family in Long Island, New York. When not writing, youll find Jackie reading, watching old movies, and travelling to her familys roots in Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and Spain.

Lenny Wenis an author and illustrator who was born in Indonesia. She is the illustrator of several picture books, such as Cal EverettsHalloween Is Coming!,Amy Robach and Andrew ShuesBetter Together!, and Jackie Aza KramersEmpanadas for Everyone.Lenny currently lives in Austria. When she is not illustrating or writing, you might find her staring at the trees, contemplating story ideas, reading books, filling up her cup with coffee, or hugging her dog.