Family Feast! by Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison
ISBN: 059389829X
Genres: Cultural / African American, Family, Holiday, Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Time for a Family Feast! This joyous picture book depicts the gathering of family in anticipation of a big dinner together. Big Ma and Pops are hosting in a city apartment setting. There are big hugs when family arrives, and pots clanging in the kitchen. There’s a culmination of different soul food dishes from relatives. A beautiful mantra repeats on each page, “Tastes like home when family meet; a bond so warm, so strong, so sweet.” The illustrations are full of motion and smiles and the rhymes in the text are spot on. This book is an excellent choice to read around Thanksgiving, as a turkey is pictured being carved, however, it doesn’t specifically reference a holiday and could be read during any time of year. The text and illustrations really work in harmony to express the joy and experience of being together with extended family.

Cream of the Crop Nominee

Gia Charles, Patten Free Library, Bath