num_pages: 32
description: Joseph misses sharing meals with lots of people like he did back in the refugee camp so when the neighbors finally come over its a feast!When Joseph and Mama lived in a refugee camp in East Africa everyone cooked and ate together. And Joseph could always hear someone playing the awal. Its much too quiet and lonely in his new home. Though Whoosh the girl who lives upstairs is friendly Joseph misses having more people around especially his grandmother who still lives across the ocean. So he invites his relatives in the city to come for dinner then he invites his teacher then Whoosh and her mami  but everyone is too busy.Ever hopeful Joseph picks the last greens from the garden. At least he and Mama will be ready to cook if someone comes. The next night Whoosh and her mami appear at the door with a big cake and Whoosh and Joseph cook up a feast.A story about adjusting to a new home and the pleasure of cooking and sharing food with friends.
language: English
title: A Feast for Joseph
publisher: Groundwood Books