Yasmin the Chef

Great book to use as a read aloud. Follow with a nonfiction how to writing. How to make a fruit kebab.

Every week I purchase one of the books from this series and send it to my friend to share with her young daughter. They enjoy the books and look for them to arrive! Great books. Great stories that are fun and age appropriate!

Very well written and illustrated .

Nice story

Our 3rd grader loves it

Great buy :-)

Everybody's busy preparing for a party! My kiddo is enthusiastic about the whole party thing, with fancy clothes and staying up late. Meanwhile, I'm really happy that the party prep isn't split strictly on gender lines! Like Yasmin the Builder, this story really resonates with my family; it's a realistic story of getting frustrated, taking a break, and then tackling a project again and succeeding on the second try. (And in this case, also a realistic story of everybody getting a little frayed in the excitement leading up to a big event.) Baba and Yasmin clean together; then they join Mama and the grandparents in the kitchen, where the women have been cooking. When Yasmin's first cooking efforts don't work out the way she wants, Baba tells her to take a break (ha, I identify so much with the picture of the frustrated parents on that page, while my kid seems to identify a lot with Yasmin on the same page). When Yasmin returns to the kitchen for another try, Nana volunteers to be her helper, and the Yasmin-and-grandfather team produce kebabs that are then enjoyed by the rest of the family and their guests.

My friend is enjoying this series.