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Rainbow Stew

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The sweet story of three children who spend a rainy day with their grandfather, picking fresh vegetables in his garden, and then cook and share a meal of healthy vegetable stew.

Splish, splash, puddle dash!

It's a rainy summer day, but the vegetables in Grandpa's garden are just waiting to be picked. Yellow peppers, purple cabbage, red tomatoes, green zucchini, orange carrots, and more. So many colors! So many delicious ingredients to slice, chop, peel, and dice for a great big pot of mouthwatering Rainbow Stew.

Yum!

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    • Kirkus

      March 15, 2013
      Vibrant multimedia collage harkens back to Falwell's Feast for 10 (1993), this time with a homegrown feast for four in a concept book about colors rather than counting. Three African-American children visiting their grandfather are disappointed when they awaken to a rainy day, but Grandpa doesn't keep them cooped up indoors. Instead, they all don rain gear and go outside with baskets to harvest vegetables from a backyard garden. Subsequent pages show the family gathering first green veggies, then a veritable rainbow of yellow peppers, purple cabbage heads, rosy radishes, red tomatoes, orange carrots, purple eggplants and even brown potatoes. After romping about for a bit, they go inside, dry, off and clean up, and then Grandpa and the children cook up a pot of his famous rainbow stew. The final page of the book even offers readers a recipe to try out--an enticing possibility after reading a story that positively revels in family togetherness and good food. The typeface of key words changes color as the rhyming text carries readers through the day, reflecting the theme. A treat. (Picture book. 2-6)

      COPYRIGHT(2013) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    • School Library Journal

      May 1, 2013

      PreS-Gr 1-Falwell's familiar multimedia collages are at their best in deep cobalt, lime, and garnet in this celebration of family gardens. Awesome Grandpa not only prepares pancakes for breakfast, but also makes the most of a rainy day by gearing up his three grandchildren to harvest his veggies despite the weather, "lifting up the drippy leaves, /we see what colors grow." The four fill their basket with kale, spinach, zucchini, radishes, and more. Luckily, Grandpa also endorses mud play, followed by thorough washing and a family preparation of Rainbow Stew. The author provides a slice of cozy family life. A lengthy recipe for the title dish appears on the final page.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA

      Copyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2013
      Three children visiting their grandpa don't mind getting wet and muddy in the rain to help him gather vegetables from his garden. After harvesting produce such as orange carrots, yellow peppers, green beans, and purple cabbage, the kids help cook and eat Grandpa's rainbow stew. The chipper but singsongy rhyming text is paired with genial multimedia collage. A stew recipe is appended.

      (Copyright 2013 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • OverDrive Read
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  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:2.6
  • Lexile® Measure:540
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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