Children's Fiction Cooking & Food
Patty Dreams
- Publisher
- Owlkids Books Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2025
- Category
- Cooking & Food, Diversity & Multicultural, Emigration & Immigration
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- k to 2
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781771476027
- Publish Date
- Jan 2025
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
A tasty celebration of family, food culture, and Jamaican patties
At his home in Jamaica, August wakes up every morning to the delicious smell of patties. His parents’ patty stand used to be popular, but Jamaica is changing. August’s friends are leaving, and the patties aren’t selling like they used to. Soon, it’s his family’s turn to say goodbye. Off they fly to cold, snowy Toronto, where August’s father takes a job at a cookie factory and comes home too tired to make his beloved patties.
One night, after everyone is asleep, August tiptoes into the kitchen and tries to recreate his Daddy’s recipe. His attempt inspires his father, and for the first time since they left Jamaica, August wakes up to the smell of fresh patties. Daddy’s patties take off, and soon August’s parents decide to open a new patty stand with a new name—“Patty Dreams”.
Acclaimed author Nadia L. Hohn’s rhythmic writing pays homage to a quintessential Jamaican delicacy and explores the experiences of immigrants, as well as the traditions that connect us. Vibrantly illustrated and rich in sensory details, this picture book is a warm, comforting reminder of the meaning of home.
About the authors
NADIA L. HOHN is a writer and educator. Her first picture book, Malaika’s Costume, won the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children’s Story Award and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Children’s Literature Award. She is also the author of Malaika’s Winter Carnival and Malaika’s Surprise, both illustrated by Irene Luxbacher; A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes; Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter, illustrated by Gustavo Mazali; and two titles in the Sankofa series — Music and Media. Nadia’s writing is inspired by her childhood memories, Jamaican heritage, Black culture, world travels, and social issues. She lives in Toronto.
SAHLE ROBINSON loved drawing since he could hold a pencil. As a professional story artist and character concept designer for television and feature film animation, he’s worked on popular productions such as How to Train Your Dragon, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Sahle was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, where he lives and runs an art store providing art lessons and workshops with his wife and six children. This is Sahle’s second published picture book.
Editorial Reviews
"A unique immigration story sure to please the stomach and the heart."
Kirkus Reviews
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