A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat Contributor(s): Jenkins, Emily (Author), Blackall, Sophie (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0375868321 ISBN-13: 9780375868320 Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Date & Time - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 2011023589 |
Lexile Measure: 700 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.7" W x 11.7" (1.20 lbs) 44 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 176629 Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego. Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries. Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research. |