Sundays Are for Feasts

By: Leila Boukarim

Published by Groundwood Books, 2025-02-04

<p>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! </p> <p>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?</p> <p>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!</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Key Text Features</p> <p>illustrations</p> <p>author's note</p> <p>recipe</p> <p>glossary</p> <p>definitions</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: </p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1</p> <p>With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3</p> <p>With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4</p> <p>Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6</p> <p>With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7</p> <p>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).</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2</p> <p>Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3</p> <p>Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.</p> <p>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7</p> <p>Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.</p>