Fiction Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newsly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War. Pictures by Ismael Espinosa Ferrer. Henry Holt, 1994. DDC 394.2 Ages 4-8. The book combines history with memory, and food as it connects people in Miami and in the Caribbean.
Emphasis is placed upon family and the sharing of traditions.
Recipes are incorporated throughout. Americas Award Commended Children's Book List. Baboushka and the Three Kings . Illustrated by Nicholas Sidjakov. Houghton Mifflin, 1960.