2015, Random House Children's Books
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 3.92
My rating: 4
Endpapers: Front bright red; back navy blue
1st line/s:
"Mama fetch the cooking pot.
Fetch our turkey-cooking pot.
Big and old and black and squat.
Mama, fetch the pot."
"Mama fetch the cooking pot.
Fetch our turkey-cooking pot.
Big and old and black and squat.
Mama, fetch the pot."
My comments:
Sharing the Bread is set in the late 19th century, is simple and sweet, with lovely rhyming, rhythmic verses. Everyone in the family has a job to do in preparation for the meal. The only religious overtones are at the end when the double-page spread depicts the entire family holding hands around the table. "Fold. Shout. Sit. Pray. All together on this day." A lovely book.
Sharing the Bread is set in the late 19th century, is simple and sweet, with lovely rhyming, rhythmic verses. Everyone in the family has a job to do in preparation for the meal. The only religious overtones are at the end when the double-page spread depicts the entire family holding hands around the table. "Fold. Shout. Sit. Pray. All together on this day." A lovely book.
Read the review on Great Kids Books
Goodreads: Celebrate food and family with this heartwarming Thanksgiving picture book. We will share the risen bread. / Our made-with-love Thanksgiving spread. / Grateful to be warm and fed. / We will share the bread. In this spirited ode to the holiday, set at the turn of the twentieth century, a large family works together to make their special meal. Mama prepares the turkey, Daddy tends the fire, Sister kneads, and Brother bastes. Everyone—from Grandma and Grandpa to the littlest baby—has a special job to do. Told in spare, rhythmic verse and lively illustrations, Sharing the Bread is a perfect read-aloud to celebrate the Thanksgiving tradition.
"A warm and wonderful holiday treasure." —Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Captures the spirit of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner." —School Library Journal
"A delightful holiday book that shows the heartwarming tradition of food and family." —Booklist
"A warm and wonderful holiday treasure." —Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Captures the spirit of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner." —School Library Journal
"A delightful holiday book that shows the heartwarming tradition of food and family." —Booklist
