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Fried Rice & Marinara

by Mike Yam

A birthday menu between two food traditions

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A birthday menu between two food traditions

Mikey’s birthday plans turn into a choice between the Italian dishes associated with his mother’s family and the Chinese cuisine of his father’s. Seeking advice from Bahboo and Nonna, he weighs familiar party foods—from ravioli and linguine to dumplings and lo mein. The rhyming picture-book story brings family, celebration, and two cultural traditions into the same setting, with the menu choice leading to a lesson about bringing cultures together.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering stories about birthdays and family gatherings
  • Young readers interested in Chinese and Italian food traditions or mixed cultural heritage
  • Families looking for a rhyming story about cultures coming together

Themes

Family and intergenerational adviceChinese and Italian cultural traditionsCelebration and foodCultures coming together

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Book overview

Birthday parties are so much fun: the friends, the family, the games, the gifts, and, of course, the food! But what type of food do you serve at a birthday party when your family is from two different cultures? Young Mikey Yam is having a hard time choosing between the Italian food of his mother's side and the Chinese cuisine of his dad's. So, he turns to his grannies, Bahboo and Nonna, for advice.

 

"Ravioli or Dumplings? Linguine or Lo Mein? All of these options were hurting his brain."

 

Join Young Mikey as he decides which type of food to have for his birthday party, and the important life lesson he learns along the way.

 

A Vooks Original, Fried Rice & Marinara is a rhyming story about two cultures coming together to create something special. Written by Mike Yam and illustrated by Laura Dong.

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