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Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought

By Melissa Iwai
Series: I Can Read Level 3
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Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought follows the delightful adventures of Gigi as she navigates a multicultural family experience with her Japanese grandparent, Ojiji. This heartwarming children's book explores themes of family bonding, cultural exchange, and understanding, wrapped around the fun interactions over shared meals and new experiences. With engaging illustrations and a charming narrative, it offers a glimpse into how food can be a bridge between different cultures.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this children's book if you appreciate tales about family, cultural exploration, and the delightful adventures of a young girl and her grandfather. With its vibrant illustrations and heartwarming story, it's perfect for sparking conversations about understanding and appreciating different cuisines and traditions.

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Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought

Ohayo! It's breakfast time and Gigi can't wait to make her favorite meal-Peanut Butter Toast. Yummy! But Ojiji doesn't like peanut butter. How can anyone NOT like peanut butter? Ojiji prefers Japanese foods-like natto, made from fermented soybeans. Will Gigi learn to love a new breakfast treat?

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A Geisel Honor–winning series!

A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best!

Join Gigi as she tries natto, a traditional Japanese food, in this exciting and engaging Level Three I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator Melissa Iwai. Intergenerational relationships, Japanese culture, and social and emotional learning are highlighted in this sweet biracial story, perfect for sharing with children 3 to 6.

Ohayo! It’s breakfast time and Gigi can’t wait to make her favourite meal—Peanut Butter Toast. Yummy! But Ojiji doesn’t like peanut butter. How can anyone NOT like peanut butter? Ojiji prefers Japanese foods—like natto, made from fermented soybeans. Will Gigi learn to love a new breakfast treat? This story highlights the close relationship of Gigi and her grandfather and the importance of trying new things!

This exciting and engaging I Can Read series is brought to you by author-illustrator Melissa Iwai, whose popular books include Soup Day and Dumplings for Lili.

Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories. The story contains several Japanese words and a glossary of definitions.

Praise for Gigi and Ojiji:

"Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this ­enchanting early reader. The cuteness, inclusivity, and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young ­readers coming back again and again. A must-buy." —School Library Journal (starred review)

"The text is well supported by the endearing illustrations, which capture all of Gigi’s big emotions and depict her as a biracial child, with a white father and Japanese mother." —Booklist (starred review)

"An affirming option in the quickly diversifying field of early-reader books." —Kirkus

A 2023 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor title

El día de los niños, el día de los libros selection 2023

ALSC Notable 2023

CBC Teacher and Librarian Favorites Award 2023

A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year in the 5-9 beginning reader category (2023)

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Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought is praised for its empathetic portrayal of cultural identity and its celebration of Japanese culture. It is recognised as a heartwarming story, ideal for independent readers, and is noted for its fresh approach to themes of trying new foods and its depiction of a loving, multiracial, bilingual family. The illustrations are highlighted for reinforcing empathy and acceptance.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063208117

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Melissa Iwai

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 68g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Melissa Iwai Series: I Can Read Level 3 Young Adult

About the Author

Melissa Iwai is a children's book author and illustrator who incorporates both traditional and digital media into her art. Her picture books include Dumplings for Lili, The Stray and the Strangers, I'll Hug You More, My Snow Globe, Let's Go to the Hardware Store, Truck Stop, Soup Day series, Night Shift Daddy, Thirty Minutes Over Oregon, and many more. When she's not working, Melissa loves to cook and develop her own recipes. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

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