Bilal Cooks Daal
Readers rate it 5.0 (1 on Hardcover)
38 pages · Released Jun 4, 2019 · Simon and Schuster
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This is a warm, gentle picture book centered on a child helping his father cook a traditional South Asian lentil dish and sharing it with friends. The story emphasizes patience, cultural sharing, community, and generosity without any concerning content. It's an excellent introduction to diverse family traditions and the joy of cooking together.
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book 2019 Six-year-old Bilal introduces his friends to his favorite dish—daal!—in this charming picture book that showcases the value of patience, teamwork, community, and sharing. Six-year-old Bilal is excited to help his d... A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book 2019 Six-year-old Bilal introduces his friends to his favorite dish—daal!—in this charming picture book that showcases the value of patience, teamwork, community, and sharing. Six-year-old Bilal is excited to help his dad make his favorite food of all-time: daal! The slow-cooked lentil dish from South Asia requires lots of ingredients and a whole lot of waiting. Bilal wants to introduce his friends to daal. They’ve never tried it! As the day goes on, the daal continues to simmer, and more kids join Bilal and his family, waiting to try the tasty dish. And as time passes, Bilal begins to wonder: Will his friends like it as much as he does? This debut picture book by Aisha Saeed, with charming illustrations by Anoosha Syed, uses food as a means of bringing a community together to share in each other’s family traditions.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Young Adult
- Fiction
- Friendship
- Children
- Children's fiction
- Cooking, fiction
- Friendship, fiction
- Pakistani Cooking
- Lentils
- Patience
- Pakistani Americans
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ISBN 9781534418110 · Simon and Schuster