Stay for Dinner

Name: Stay for Dinner
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781761211966
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By Sandhya Parappukkaran

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Stay for Dinner by Sandhya Parappukkaran is a delightful children's book that takes readers on a sensory journey through the world of cultural meals shared with an unexpected guest. The story highlights themes of friendship, family, and the unique ways food brings people together, while celebrating the diverse culinary traditions and the warmth of hospitality.
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You might enjoy this delightful children's story if you love tales that celebrate diversity, friendship, and cultural exchange. With its vivid illustrations and engaging narrative, it offers a heartwarming look at the joy of sharing and understanding different traditions through the eyes of young friends.

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Stay for Dinner is a powerful story from multi-award-winning creators of The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name that celebrates culture and connection through food.

Reshma loves dinnertime with her family. Her family eat with their hands – not just finger food type–eating, but hands-on squishy eating. When she’s invited to stay for dinner at her friends’ homes, she finds out that they all eat in different ways. Some go ting ting with their cutlery, and others go click clack with their chopsticks.

What will her friends say when they see her family eat with their hands?

★ WINNER of the 2024 Multicultural NSW Award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards ★
★ 2024 CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year ★
★ A Bookstagram Best Picture Book of 2023 ★
★ Longlisted for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children's Book Award ★

'Stay for Dinner is a requirement on every bookshelf as a resource that teaches vital social skills and cultural appreciation—it’s a salve for everyday anxieties any child may feel in regards to fitting in with their peers. This picture book is a wonderful revelation of the true diversity evident within Australia.’ – Books+Publishing

'The words and images [in Stay for Dinner] combine perfectly like a feast. This is an important book about many more things than food. It highlights the importance of family, friendship, community, diversity, and acceptance—as well as delicious cuisine. Stay for Dinner is a keeper, to be read over and over again, just for the fun of it.' – Children's Book Council Australia

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761211966

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 May 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Bright Light Books

Illustration: Full Colour

Contributors:

Illustrated by Michelle Pereira

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

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 Young Adult

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 such as 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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