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Block Party

By Gwendolyn Hudson Hooks
Illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez

Hardcover: $14.95

Paperback: $10.95

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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.

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About the Creators

Thumb_gwendolyn_hooks_photo_small Gwendolyn Hudson Hooks - Author

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 gwendolynhooks.com.

Thumb_shirley_ng-benitez_small Shirley Ng-Benitez

SHIRLEY NG-BENITEZ is a children's book illustrator who creates art using watercolor, gouache, pencil, and digital techniques. She also loves to make 3-D creatures from clay and fabric. She lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband, their two daughters, and their pup. Please visit her website at shirleyngbenitez.com and follow her on social media at @shirleysillos.

About This Title

ISBN

Hardcover: 9781620143414

Paperback: 9781620143421

Awards

Choices
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Guided Reading:

I

Lexile:

430L

Intervention:

6

Interest Level:

Grades K - 2

Reading Level:

Grades 1 - 2

Themes

Asian/Asian American Interest, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Collaboration, Cultural Diversity, Families, Food, Friendship, Multiethnic interest, Realistic Fiction, Courage, Home, Identity/Self Esteem/Confidence, India, Mothers, Neighbors, New York, Pride

Part of These Collections

Bebop English Guided Reading Level I, Emergent Dual Language, Diverse Background English Collection Grades PreK-2, Realistic Fiction Collection Grades PreK-2, Confetti Kids Series Collection, Emergent English, Reading Recovery Bebop Books collection, Summer Reading Collection PreK-2, Summer Reading Collection