No Mush Today 
By Sally Derby
Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
9781600602382
“Not gonna eat my mush.
Not gonna eat it,” I say.
Squishy, yucky, yellow stuff—
mush is baby food.
Nonie’s had enough!
Enough mushy mush for breakfast.
Enough of her baby brother’s crying.
So off she goes to live at Grandma’s house.
No mush or baby there.
Grandma attends to Nonie.
Grandma takes her out into the world of grown-ups.
After a day away from home, will Nonie reconsider her move
and return to Momma, Daddy, and baby brother?
Maybe . . . maybe . . .
if she can make a deal about breakfast!
Coloring Activity
Booktalk with illustrator Nicole Tadgell
- Interest Level
- Grades PreK - 3
- Reading Level
- Grades 2 - 3
- Themes
- African/African American Interest, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Family Traditions, Food, Grandparents, Religion/Spiritual, Siblings
Sally Derby has written many books for children, including The Mouse Who Owned the Sun and King Kendrick's Splinter, an International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choices Selection. The mother of six grown children, she lives in Wyoming, Ohio, with her husband. You can visit her on the web at sallyderby.com.
Nicole Tadgell has illustrated several picture books for trade and educational publishers, including the Américas Award–winning Josias, Hold the Book. Tadgell and her husband live in Spencer, Massachusetts. Learn more about Tadgell at nicoletadgell.com or on her blog, Studio NT.
