Everybody Cooks Rice

In my opinion this is a great multicultural book. Carrie is told to find her little brother because dinner is ready. She enters each of her neighbors houses in search of her brother, but notices it is dinner time in each household. Every neighbor house she goes to are all cooking rice but in different ways, they are cooking rice dishes from their cultural backgrounds. She tastes each dish from all different places like Puerto Rico, Barbados, Vietnam, Haiti, China, India and eventually comes back to her house where her family is having an Italian rice dish. I really like how throughout the story, Carrie describes the different tastes she experiences from each household, this allows the reader to get an idea of how different the foods are show more even if they are all made with rice. The plot flows very well and is easy for children to follow. I really enjoyed the illustrations throughout the book because the reader sees the types of ingredients the family is using their dishes as well as seeing the different cultures in each household. Overall this book teaches children about diversity in a very simple way, through food, which is easy for children to understand. show less

Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley is a great book that introduces readers to different cultures and traditions based off of recipes made with rice. I like Dooley did not just include one culture and how they incorporate rice, but many others like Asian, Latin, African, etc. It is in the first person point of view and she describes into detail about the family dynamic of the home, recipes included, and any other traditions that are being used. At the end of the story it even includes the actual recipes to the foods mentioned in the book. The message of the story is that we are a lot more similar as people than we are different.

This book is great to introduce children to the importance of different cultures. This story goes through different cultures and give a glimpse of what the cook may look like to different people. This book is fairly long and has a paragraph for almost every page. It may be too much for young readers to try, but it would be a great book to introduce into the classroom. I think children get learn a since of appreciation for other people that may not look like them or may eat different foods than them. It is important for kids to understand that food is a part of different cultures.

I had mixed feelings about this book after reading it. I liked the book because of the characters. In this story, there are many different cultures which the reader is exposed to when reading this story. The language is very thorough. It goes into detail about the different types of cooking and rituals different families have. The reader is introduced to many different neighbors from Puerto Rico, Vietnam, India and China. What I did not like is the amount of text there was on each page. On some pages there were paragraphs written, while on others it was just one paragraph. It could be a big adjustment for students to deal with switching from so much text to a little bit of text. The big message of the story was to show readers how show more diverse, but similar cultures can be. Each family was from a different part of the world, but each family was cooking rice that particular night. It is interesting for a reader to see the similarities and differences between cultures. show less

I abosulty loved this book. In my opinion this book really emphasis on the cultural backgrounds there is in America. I think it's a real eye opener for students to know their neigbors and know that everyone is different. I think this could be a great read out loud book but also a good book for a small group assignment. The books language was very mellow in the beginin but got engaging towards the middle of the book. The book has almost a paragraph for each page, which could be exhausting for younger children. I think the book is aimed for older students. The book was written in first language. The sister was looking for her brother and could not find him in any of his neighbors house. I think this really made the climax rise when the show more sister could not find her brother and she would stop and eat rice from different cultures. This engages the reader and makes the reader curious where could her brother be? The illustrations of the book are there and show the characters but not so much the rice. I think what makes the student imagine the rice is the written words. This book really open students minds to the different cultures around the world. The central message is that no matter where you are their is still a little similarty between humans! show less

I loved this book because it shows students that no matter your ethnicity or background there is always some sort of middle ground for us all. This book shows multiple cultures via food. Personally I think this book is related simply because everyone loves food so what better way to compare and find middle ground than to eat food.

In my opinion this is a good book, because it is well written. You can read the book in English and Spanish which is amazing. This helps the reader see the difference in the text. The book had great illustrations that, I enjoyed looking at I think it has been a while since I have sat down to read a multicultural illustrated book so it was nice to see these nice illustrations. The author did a great job by having colorful pictures because it made the book stand out. This book really pushes readers to think about diversity and the difference in cultures. The big idea of this book was for the reader to be able to see and understand that there are different cultures and languages. While the families cook you can see the diffrence in their show more homes with the rice they cook. show less