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Tasting Words

by Dezh Azaad

A shared table, a new language

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A shared table, a new language

In *Tasting Words*, Ava’s experience of learning English is linked to the tastes and unfamiliar sensations of food. Her concern for Bibi, who spends much of the day cooking at home, brings the story’s two strands together: settling into a new country and finding ways to connect across language and culture. A friendship at school gives Ava and Lucie an idea involving their grandmothers’ shared love of cooking. The picture-book premise places food at the center of a story about immigration, family care, friendship, and making connections in a new community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering stories about immigration and settling in a new country
  • Young readers interested in family relationships, friendship, and food

Themes

Immigration and belongingLearning a new languageIntergenerational family bondsFriendship and food

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Book overview

A clever little girl figures out a way to help her grandmother assimilate and make friends in a new country through her love of food--because there's nothing like food to turn strangers into friends!

When Ava arrives in the United States, she can't speak English, and at first the words feel strange in her mouth, like a new flavor. But soon, thanks to school and new friends, the words start flowing. She worries about her grandmother, though. Bibi is at home cooking most of the day, and Ava doesn't want her to be lonely.

Then Ava meets Lucie, whose French grandmother loves cooking as much as Bibi! So the girls hatch a plan, and soon Bibi and M
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