100 Chapatis

100 Chapatis
by Derek Mascarenhas (Author) and Shantala Robinson (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Simon doesn’t want the baby to come. He was happy with just his mom, dad, and Pappa. Now, Mom and Dad are at the hospital, and Simon and Pappa are waiting for news at home.

Knowing how hard it is to wait, Pappa starts Simon on a project of making one hundred chapatis. They measure the ingredients, knead and roll the dough, and then drop them one by one into a giant frying pan. Soon, Simon is so busy that he forgets to worry. And before they know it, Pappa is frying up the one hundredth chapati . . . and the phone is ringing!

Snippet: “When will the baby come?” Simon asked his pappa.

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The Quacken

The Quacken
by Justin Colón (Author) and Pablo Pino (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Lurking in the lake at Cucumonga Campground is a fearsome and frightening creature. Legend says that it swallows kids, canoes, and even whales whole. But all Hector sees are cute, cuddly, quacking ducks. Until he breaks the campground’s most important rule–Don’t Feed the Ducks–and releases the Quacken.

Snippet:

The author, Justin Colón, is one of my former students.
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