A New York Times Best Illustrated Book
From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which 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.
In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego.
Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries.
Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.
| ISBN: | 9780375868320 |
| Publication date: | 27th January 2015 |
| Author: | Emily Jenkins, Sophie Blackall |
| Publisher: | Schwartz & Wade Books an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 44 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Cooking / Food Early years: time and seasons PSHE: Family Issues Stories about Family and Friends |