Stay for Dinner

Written by Sandhya Parappukkaran · Illustrated by Michelle Pereira

A girl worries her friends will laugh at the way her family eats dinner.

4.3 Goodreads · 115 ratings

40 pages· ~520L· AR ~3.4

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Bookroo's summary

Reshma loves dinnertime with her family, scooping up curries, papadums and rice with their fingers. But after eating dumplings with chopsticks at one friend's house and twirling pasta at another's, she sees that not every family eats the way hers does. When Mama wants to invite her friends over, Reshma worries they will laugh. A story about food, culture and belonging that includes a recipe for Green Beans Thoran.

From the publisher

From the storytellers behind the award-winning The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name comes a powerful picture book about culture and connection through food, perfect for fans of Soul Food Sunday This gentle picture book speaks to the anxieties many children have about not fitting in with their peers, and celebrates the ways food can connect us to our cultures and to each other. Reshma loves dinnertime with her family. Their table is full of squishy splashy curies, crispy crunchy papadums, and heaping piles of rice. Her family scoops and mixes their delicious dinner with their fingers and Ammama always finishes the meal with a complementary burp. When Reshma is invited to for dinner at her friends’ houses, she sees that not everyone eats like her family. At Phoebe’s house, dumplings are eaten with chopsticks; and at Leo’s house, pasta is twirled on forks. Mama wants to invite her friends to dinner, too, but Reshma is nervous. Will her friends laugh at the way her family eats?

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