Old Clothes for Dinner?! -- Nathalie Alonso, Hardcover

Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her Abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana, but when Magaly's sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Yuck! Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family eats them up. Endnotes feature other imaginative names of food around the world, facts about Cuba, Spanish vocabulary, and two delicious recipes for ropa vieja and arroz con leche.

Author: Nathalie Alonso
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 10.79h x 8.66w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9798888590683
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2024
School Library Journal 04/01/2024 pg. 119

About the Author
Nathalie Alonso is a Cuban American journalist and writer from Queens, New York. In addition to writing books for children, she has contributed to a myriad of newspapers, magazines, and websites. True to her Cuban roots, Nathalie is a huge baseball fan and has worked for Major League Baseball as a translator, producer, and reporter since 2006.>

Natalia Rojas Castro is an illustrator based in Bogotá, Colombia, who works in various visual fields, including books, magazines, and advertising. She draws inspiration from her surroundings, observing passers-by in order to portray them with her style of seeing the world. When she is not drawing, she enjoys moments in the kitchen, preparing dessert recipes, and walking the streets of Bogotá.