Fiesta en el barrio (Confetti Kids #3)

(Block Party, Dive Into Reading)
By Gwendolyn Hooks, Shirley Ng-Benitez
Paperback: $10.95

En este libro de la popular serie Confetti Kids, a Padma le preocupa que a sus amigos no les guste el plato especial que va a preparar su madre para la fiesta en el barrio.

In this early chapter book, part of the Confetti Kids series, the neighborhood is having a block party and Padma worries that her friends won’t like her mom’s lentil soup.

Front cover for Block Party (Confetti Kids #3) by Gwendolyn Hooks and Shirley Ng-Benitez
This book is also available in English
Block Party (Confetti Kids #3)
By Gwendolyn Hooks, Shirley Ng-Benitez

Description

El vecindario va a celebrar una fiesta en el barrio a la que todos deben traer un plato de comida. Padma está emocionada por la fiesta hasta que se entera de que su madre planea preparar sopa de lentejas. ¡Padma piensa que la sopa es muy aburrida! Todos los demás llevarán cosas divertidas como pizza o perritos calientes. Además, a Padma le preocupa que a sus amigos no les guste la sopa, pero para su deleite, descubre que no solo les gusta, sino que también quieren aprender a prepararla.

The neighborhood is having a block party where everyone is responsible for bringing a food dish. Padma is excited about the party until she learns that her mother is planning to bring lentil soup. Padma thinks soup is so boring! Everyone else will bring fun things like pizza or hot dogs. Plus Padma worries that her friends won’t like the soup–but to her delight, she discovers that they not only like the soup, they want to learn how to make it.

About the Creators

Gwendolyn Hooks

Gwendolyn Hooks is the author of Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, which received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children. Thanks to her Air Force dad, she grew up in Texas and Washington in the United States, and in Italy. After teaching middle school math, Hooks decided to follow her passion and write books for children. Hooks lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband. Please visit her website at www.gwendolynhooks.com.

Shirley Ng-Benitez

Shirley Ng-Benitez is a Bay Area children’s book author/illustrator who has illustrated 35+ children’s books, and has a background in Graphic Design (GabbyandCo.com), and hand-lettering (American Greetings, Inc.). She works and experiments in traditional mediums including watercolor, gouache, pen&ink, oils, and painted & cut-paper collage. Her work draws from a deep wish to add more compassion and connection in the world through her art and stories. She founded @AWEtober on Instagram, an annual art auction fundraiser since ’20, whose efforts have raised tens of thousands for various organizations supporting victims of the California wildfires, and efforts in coral reef restoration around the globe. She lives with her family and two black cats, and is thrilled to be working on her debut picture book, DOWN, THROUGH, UP by Quill Tree Books, Winter ‘25. Please visit shirleyngbenitez.com for more.

Awards

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Reviews

  • "This beginning reader distinguishes itself with its strong representation of children from a variety of cultures, addressing the need for greater diversity in this format. VERDICT A strong addition for all libraries serving new and emerging readers."

    - School Library Journal
  • "An earnest and conscientious effort to add diversity to new readers' choices."

    - Kirkus Reviews

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643796642
  • Price $10.95
  • Publication Date Oct 17, 2023
  • Trim Size 9 × 6 × 0.12 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Readers / Intermediate
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Cooking & Food
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Imagination & Play
  • Themes Asian / Asian American / AAPI, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Collaboration, Courage, Cultural Diversity, Diversity, Families, Fiction, Food, Friendship, Home, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Mothers, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Neighbors, Realistic Fiction, Spanish
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 7
  • Grade Range Grades K - 2
  • Guided Reading J
  • Spanish Guided Reading J
  • DRA 18
  • Interest Level Grades 1 - 2
  • Reading Level Grades 1 - 2
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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