Old Clothes for Dinner?!
¡¿Ropa vieja para la cena?!
Written by Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro
Published by Barefoot Books
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
ISBN English: 979-8888590683
ISBN Spanish: 979-8888592106
About the Book
Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana, but when Magaly’s sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Yuck! Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family eats them up. Endnotes feature other imaginative names of food around the world, facts about Cuba, Spanish vocabulary and two delicious recipes for ropa vieja and arroz con leche.
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Praise for Old Clothes for Dinner?!
“This appealing book celebrates family values passed along through cooking and culture” – School Library Journal
“Cleverly written and laugh-out-loud funny, this infinitely re-readable picture book is ripe with social-emotional learning opportunities around misunderstanding, as well as serving as a warm welcome into Cuban culture” – Barnes & Noble
“A hilarious mistranslation has a young girl fearing she’ll have to eat something unsavory . . . Both text and visuals convey sensory experiences such as smells and flavors and paint a portrait of a loving Cuban American immigrant family and their traditions” – Kirkus Reviews
“Old Clothes for Dinner?! is a humorous story of a misunderstanding a little girl has with the food her grandmother is making for dinner” – YA Books Central
Written by Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro
Published by Barefoot Books
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
ISBN English: 979-8888590683
ISBN Spanish: 979-8888592106