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. Pad
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.
GWENDOLYN HOOKS was born in Savannah, Georgia. Thanks to her Air Force dad, she also lived in Texas and Washington in the United States, and Italy. After teaching middle school math, Hooks decided to follow her passion to write books for children. Since then she has written several popular early readers for Stone Arch Books, Just for You!, and Bebop Books. Hooks lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband.
SHIRLEY NG—BENITEZ is a children's book illustrator who creates with watercolor, gouache, pencil, and digital techniques. She also loves to create 3—D creatures from clay and fabric. She lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband, their two daughters, and their pup.
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