Every summer, Yasmine visits her family in Lebanon, and every Sunday, the whole family comes over for lunch. This summer Sunday, Yasmine is making the hummus!
But hummus is harder to make than she expects, and Yasmine has all sorts of questions: How much garlic should she add? Is it lemon juice or vinegar? And where does the sesame flavor come from? With a little help from Baba, Yasmine mixes in a bit of this, and a bit of that … and hummus à la Yasmine is ready! But when grumpy Ammo Farouk arrives with the rest of the family, Yasmine worries — will he hate it? What if her hummus doesn’t taste like the real thing?
Sundays Are for Feasts is a celebration of how meals can bring family together, and the importance of making your own traditions. Includes an author’s note, glossary of Arabic terms used in the story and a recipe for hummus!
Key Text Features
illustrations
author’s note
recipe
glossary
definitions
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Every summer, Yasmine visits her family in Lebanon, and every Sunday, the whole family comes over for lunch. This summer Sunday, Yasmine is making the hummus!
But hummus is harder to make than she expects, and Yasmine has all sorts of questions: How much garlic should she add? Is it lemon juice or vinegar? And where does the sesame flavor come from? With a little help from Baba, Yasmine mixes in a bit of this, and a bit of that … and hummus à la Yasmine is ready! But when grumpy Ammo Farouk arrives with the rest of the family, Yasmine worries — will he hate it? What if her hummus doesn’t taste like the real thing?
Sundays Are for Feasts is a celebration of how meals can bring family together, and the importance of making your own traditions. Includes an author’s note, glossary of Arabic terms used in the story and a recipe for hummus!
Key Text Features
illustrations
author’s note
recipe
glossary
definitions
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
| Published By | Groundwood Books Ltd — Feb 4, 2025 |
| Specifications | 36 pages | 8.5 in x 11.375 in |
| Keywords | community; interconnectedness; culture and heritage; around the world; national identity; cultural traditions; Mediterranean and Middle East; vacations and holidays; immigration and emigration; oral storytelling and poetry reading; overcoming fears; feeling anxious; new skills; new experiences; self-expression; |
| Written By |
LEILA BOUKARIM is a children's book author and freelance editor. Her recent books include the picture book Lost Words: An Armenian Story of Survival and Hope, illustrated by Sona Avedikian; and the graphic novel Zips and Eeloo Make Hummus, illustrated by Alex Lopez. She was born in Lebanon, raised in several countries and now lives in Berlin, Germany. |
| Illustrated by |
RUAIDA MANNAA is a Colombian/Lebanese illustrator and designer who lives in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, and been awarded by 3X3 Magazine, Applied Arts, Latin American Illustration and the Bienal de Ilustración. |
| Written By |
|
LEILA BOUKARIM is a children's book author and freelance editor. Her recent books include the picture book Lost Words: An Armenian Story of Survival and Hope, illustrated by Sona Avedikian; and the graphic novel Zips and Eeloo Make Hummus, illustrated by Alex Lopez. She was born in Lebanon, raised in several countries and now lives in Berlin, Germany. |
| Illustrated by |
|
RUAIDA MANNAA is a Colombian/Lebanese illustrator and designer who lives in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, and been awarded by 3X3 Magazine, Applied Arts, Latin American Illustration and the Bienal de Ilustración. |
| Audience | ages 3 to 6 / grades P to 1 |
| Key Text Features | illustrations; author’s note; recipe; glossary; definitions |
| Common Core |
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6 |
A winsome ode to Middle Eastern food and families.
” —Kirkus ReviewsThere are hundreds of recipes for hummus, but only Leila Boukarim's Sundays Are for Feasts captures the smells and flavors of spending Sundays with family, mashing chickpeas together with tahini, garlic, lemon and lots of Lebanese love! A perfect book for schools and libraries about the bonds a traditional food has with families.
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