Bilingual text and illustrations: Supports language learning and cultural engagement for diverse readers
Cooking poem format: Makes learning recipes interactive and enjoyable for children
Creative narrative: Engages children with imaginative family and ancestral storytelling
Award-winning illustrations: Features multiple award-winning artist Duncan Tonatiuh
Correlates to Common Core standards: Supports English language arts literacy goals
Summarized by Shop
In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes