• Block Party (Confetti Kids)

Block Party
(Confetti Kids)

Author
Gwendolyn Hooks
Illustrator
Shirley Ng-Benitez
Publication Date
March 01, 2017
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Block Party (Confetti Kids)
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Description

In this early chapter book, part of the Confetti Kids series, the neighborhood is having a block party and Padma worries that her friends won't like her mom's lentil soup.

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.

Publication date
March 01, 2017
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9781620143421
Lexile Measure
430
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Series
Confetti Kids
BISAC categories
JUV039000 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
JUV017080 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Other, Non-Religious
Library of Congress categories
Parties
Food
Neighborhoods
Play
Gwendolyn Hooks
Gwendolyn Hooks, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, was born in Savannah, Georgia. She taught seventh-grade math until one day she realized she wanted to write for children. Now, she is the author of 20 books for children. She writes both fiction and nonfiction to encourage children to explore their world.

Margaux Carpentier a London-based painter and illustrator. She is one of the featured artists in Taschen's The Illustrator: 100 Best from Around the World. She works on all kind of projects, ranging from illustrated books to large scale painting and murals, and sometimes even sculptures. She is the illustrator of Darwin's Tree of Life (Interlink/Crocodile 2019).
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