In this fascinating picture book, four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert- blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history.
EMILY JENKINS has written many highly acclaimed books for children,
including Water in the Park, a Booklist Editors' Choice and a
Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book; Lemonade in Winter, a Publishers Weekly
Best Book of the Year; and two Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Books-
Five Creatures and That New Animal. She is also the author of the
popular Toys trilogy- Toys Go Out, Toy Dance Party, and Toys Come
Home. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit the author at
emilyjenkins.com.
SOPHIE BLACKALL received the Caldecott Medal for Finding Winnie by
Lindsay Mattick. She is the illustrator of The Mighty Lalouche by
Matthew Olshan, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year;
Edwin Speaks Up by April Stevens, a Bank Street College of
Education Best Book of the Year; and Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim
Bridges, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award winner. She has
also illustrated the Mr. and Mrs. Bunny series by Polly Horvath and
the bestselling Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows. A native of
Australia, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at
sophieblackall.com, where she has regularly posted about the
process of making this book.
“There is no other word but delicious.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“More than mere confection, A Fine Dessert is a rich and satisfying
journey across four centuries…simply delectable.”
—School Library Journal, starred review
“A delicious book about a delicious treat.”
—Booklist, starred review
"This is classic Jenkins in its seemingly casual, observation-rich
text; the folkloric structure of the process makes the prose
rhythmic and readable, while the changing settings mark the
significant historical and industrial shifts over the
centuries."
—Bulletin, starred review
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