Bibliographical information:
Friedman, Ina R. How My Parents Learned to Eat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Brief summary:
The narrator lives in a home in which both chopsticks and knives and forks are used. She explains how her Japanese mother and American father met and learned each other's foodways.
Comments:
This is a sweet story. I suspected that my six-year-old might find it surprising, given how varied food and utensils are in our neighborhood. But she enjoyed both the story and the illustrations.
Grade/Age level:
Grades K-2
Cautions:
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--Lisa Gordis
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