15. Shante Keys and the New Year's peas

Piernas-Davenport, Gail & Eldridge, Marion (illustrator). Shante Keys and the New Year's peas. Morton Grove, ILL. : Albert Whitman, 2007.

  Title:  Shante Keys and the New Year's peas
  Author:  Gail Piernas-Davenport
  Publisher:  Albert Whitman
  Year of publish: 2007
  Audience: Aged 5-8
  Subject: Family traditions

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The story is about a young African American girl Shante went to family feast for New Year. She discovered “black-eyed peas” was a lucky symbolic food in African tradition. After she visiting their neighbours of Chinese, Scotish, Hindi, she found they have different traditional food for New Year. It is a great multiculturism story in upbeat tone. It allows children have a glimpse at New Years’s food traditions around the world in a simple way. The text is in rhythm accompanying with bright, colourful illustrations. Shante’s energetic portrays will be adored by children aged 5-8.