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Aimee Lucido
A family meal becomes increasingly hectic as every guest asks for a different pasta dish. Nonna Ana arrives from Catania with a preference for lasagna, while the gathering introduces many other kinds of pasta. Told in rhymes with tongue-twisting language, the story centers on a lively dinner where differing requests keep the pasta coming and the family table busy.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
Born Naughty: My Childhood in ChinaJin Wang, with Tony JohnstonIn this memoir, Jin Wang recalls being eight years old in Nan Ba Zi, a small village in Inner Mongolia, China. She lives with her family in a one-room mud hut without electricity or running water. Daily life includes school, climbing trees, looking for wolves, planting potatoes, gathering mushrooms, and preparing for occasional special events. Jin also recounts hardships, including a harsh winter and getting her tongue stuck to a frozen door handle.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 650LATOS Book Level 4.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Daddy Is a CowboyStephanie SealesA young African American girl rides horseback with her father through the city at dawn. Sharing his love of horses, she discovers her own sense of being a cowboy during their time together. Their urban ride places horses and cowboy identity in the middle of a parent-child outing, celebrating the pleasure they find in the journey and in one another’s company.All readersLexile Text Measure 580LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Peach HeavenYangsook Choi, illustrated by Yangsook ChoiThe author looks back on a powerful storm in her South Korean village, when peaches fell from the sky. In Bucheon, peaches are an unusual and valued treat for the young Yangsook, who writes about them in response to a question about what makes her home distinctive. The book joins a vivid recollection of weather with the place, fruit, and local experience that shape the memory.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details