| No Mush Today Contributor(s): Derby Miller, Sally (Author), Tadgell, Nicole (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 160060238X ISBN-13: 9781600602382 Publisher: Lee & Low Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: A young girl rebels against eating mush for breakfast everyday, seeks solace with her grandmother, and eventually realizes there's no place like home. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2007049037 |
| Lexile Measure: 470 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.1" W x 10.1" (0.85 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 125264 Reading Level: 1.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The sweet story a young girl who rebels against eating mushy cereal for breakfast every day by leaving her parents and baby brother to spend the day with her grandmother, then realizes home isn't so bad after all. Not gonna eat my mush. Not gonna eat it, I say. Squishy, yucky, yellow stuff- mush is baby food. Nonie's had enough Enough mushy mush for breakfast. Enough of her baby brother's crying. So off she goes to live at Grandma's house. No mush or baby there. Grandma attends to Nonie. Grandma takes her out into the world of grown-ups. After a day away from home, will Nonie reconsider her move and return to Momma, Daddy, and baby brother? Maybe . . . maybe . . . if she can make a deal about breakfast Told with bright, watercolor illustrations and short poetic text, No Mush Today will resonate with young readers ready to assert their independence. |