Shante Keys and the New Year's peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0807573302 ISBN-13:   9780807573303 Publisher:   Albert Whitman & Company Category:   2012 USDA Approved NE Materials, Holiday Books, Picture Story Bks, Nutrition Pub. Date:   January 2007 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   5 to 9
Description/Notes
CA 2012 USDA Approved NE Materials Shant? Keys loves New Year's Day! But while Grandma fixed chitlins, baked ham, greens, and cornbread, she forgot the black-eyed peas! Oh no'it'll be bad luck without them! So Shant? sets out to borrow some from the neighbors. Does Miss Lee have peas? What about Mr. MacGhee, or Shant?'s good friend Hari? None of them do'but, as Shant? discovers, they have fun foods and traditions for their New Year's! Now, if only Shant? can find good-luck peas in time for dinner! In this multicultural New Year's story, Shant? Keys learns about Chinese New Year and Diwali, as well as how January 1st is celebrated in other countries. The author includes additional pages of information about diverse New Year's traditions and special foods.