Words That Taste Like Home

Name: Words That Taste Like Home
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781761213281
Price: 27.99 NZD
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By Sandhya Parappukkaran

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Words That Taste Like Home is a heartwarming picture book about how language can connect us to our culture and help us hold on to the people we love. Rohan loves spending time with his grandmother, making mango pickle and sharing stories. But when he moves... Read More

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Description

Words That Taste Like Home is a heartwarming picture book about how language can connect us to our culture and help us hold on to the people we love.

Rohan loves spending time with his grandmother, making mango pickle and sharing stories. But when he moves to a different country and learns a new language, words from his first language start slipping away until one day there are none left.

How will Rohan find the words to tell his grandmother a story again?

A much-anticipated follow-up to 2022’s CBCA award-winning The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name and 2024’s NSW Premier’s Literary award-winning Stay for Dinner, this story encourages young bilingual readers to take pride in their first language and retain strong ties to their family and culture.

★ 2025 CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year ★

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761213281

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 September 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: Bright Light Books

Illustration: Full Colour

Contributors:

Illustrated by Michelle Pereira

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Sandhya Parappukkaran

About the Author

Sandhya Parappukkaran left her job as a food technologist so she could put her feet up and read. Then she rediscovered her passion for children’s books. Her stories are inspired by her multicultural experience and include scrumptious food from her Kerala Indian heritage. Sandhya resides in Brisbane, Australia, with her family.

Michelle Pereira is an illustrator who spent her childhood in Nairobi, Kenya, and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Communication Design and became a professional illustrator after a somewhat extended, but enjoyable, stint of bar work. She has worked with a range of clients, including Penguin UK, Netflix, the New York Times and Marie Claire. Her work has won and been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the 2022 CBCA Award for New Illustrator and the 2024 Ena Noël Award.

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