| Block Party (Confetti Kids #3): (Dive Into Reading) Contributor(s): Hooks, Gwendolyn (Author), Ng-Benitez, Shirley (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1620143429 ISBN-13: 9781620143421 Publisher: Lee & Low Books OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2016028088 |
| Lexile Measure: 430 |
| Series: Confetti Kids |
| Physical Information: 0.01" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.10 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 189205 Reading Level: 1.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) In this early chapter book, part of the Confetti Kids series, the neighborhood is having a block party and Padma worries that her friends won't like her mom's lentil soup. The neighborhood is having a block party where everyone is responsible for bringing a food dish. Padma is excited about the party until she learns that her mother is planning to bring lentil soup. Padma thinks soup is so boring! Everyone else will bring fun things like pizza or hot dogs. Plus Padma worries that her friends won't like the soup--but to her delight, she discovers that they not only like the soup, they want to learn how to make it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hooks, Gwendolyn: - GWENDOLYN HOOKS is the author of Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, which received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children. Hooks was born in Savannah, Georgia, and thanks to her Air Force dad, she also lived in Texas and Washington in the United States, and Italy. After teaching middle school math, Hooks decided to follow her passion to write books for children. Since then she has written several popular early readers for Stone Arch Books (Capstone), Just for You! (Scholastic), andBebop Books' (Lee & Low). Hooks lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband. Ng-Benitez, Shirley: -SHIRLEY NG-BENITEZ is a children's book illustrator who creates with watercolor, gouache, pencil, and digital techniques. She also loves to create 3-D creatures from clay and fabric. Shelives in the Bay Area of California with her husband, their two daughters, and their pup. |