Annotation: It’s almost suppertime, and Carrie is sent around her neighborhood to look for her younger brother Anthony. Along the way she tastes what’s cooking at her neighbors’ homes and discovers the many ways rice (and beans) can be cooked: Barbadian, Puerto Rican, Vietnamese, Indian, China, Haitian. Each family has their own special recipe, often handed down in the family, which reflects their heritage, including Carrie’s Italian Risi e Bisi, handed down from her great-grandmother. The end of the book contains nine simple international recipes for readers to cook themselves. This book is part of a four-book series based on the same theme: Everybody Cooks...bread, noodles, soup, and rice.
Rationale: A charming book with a valuable message, this picture book with text at an intermediate reading level would be good as a read-aloud for early elementary as well as older. It is illustrated by Peter J. Thornton in a soft, watercolor style using “an international cast of models,” as he says in the dedication. The repetitive story reinforces the message of commonality and togetherness. Children would need supervision to prepare the recipes, but that’s part of the message – it’s a family activity.
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