From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to gathering round Gran Lee's stove on a cold winter afternoon, to serenades and stories late at night, when the rest of the world is asleep, "seems like everything good that happens in my house happens in my momma's kitchen." A celebration of African-American families and mommas everywhere, In My Momma's Kitchen tells the story of a year's events in everybody's favorite room.
From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to serenades and stories late at night, when the rest of the world is asleep, "seems like everything good that happens in my house happens in my momma's kitchen." A celebration of African-American life and the bonds that unite all families, generation after generation.ISBN: | 9780064437868 |
Publication date: | 10th April 2001 |
Author: | Jerdine Nolen |
Illustrator: | Colin Bootman |
Publisher: | Amistad Books for Young Readers an imprint of HarperCollins |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 32 pages |
Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Stories about Family and Friends PSHE: Family Issues |