How to Feed Your Parents

by Ryan Miller, Hatem Aly (Illustrator)

Overview

Who’s the picky eater? Not Matilda! A little girl with adventurous tastes turns the tables on her food-fussy parents and teaches them that dinner can be more than chicken nuggets.
 
Matilda Macaroni loves to try new foods, whether it’s her grandma’s jambalaya or sushi at a sleepover. But, in this fun, twisted picture book, it’s finicky mom and dad—not the child—who eat only pizza with pepperoni (delivered), burgers from a bag, or noodles from a box. Eager to experience new flavors, Matilda secretly sets out to learn how to cook, satisfy her hunger for something more . . . and expand her parents’ palates, too. There's also a Macaroni family recipe for quiche that young cooks can try!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454925620
Publisher:	Sterling Children's Books
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	338,168
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Ryan Miller has worked as a columnist, reporter, newspaper editor, online marketer, blogger, and author. He lives in Northern CA with his wife, three children, dog, and small flock of egg-laying hens.

Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator who currently lives in New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and pets. He illustrated The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz, which won a Newbery Honor and the Sydney Taylor Book Award despite illustrations of a farting dragon, a two-headed cat, and stinky cheese.

Editorial Reviews

2018-06-25
Mom and dad are picky eaters. Matilda is not. How can she convince them to try new foods? Matilda Macaroni loves to try new foods. Grandma Macaroni's jambalaya. Sushi at a friend's house. Pork paprikash at another's. However, her parents will only eat six things: chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, burgers, grilled cheese, pizza, and sugary cereal. Matilda realizes the only way she can try different foods is to take over the kitchen! With help from Grandma and her babysitter, she quickly "perfects paella, masters miso soup, and conquers croquettes." One day, she offers to make her parents dinner. Even though she makes something on their will-eat list—a hamburger—they are still skeptical. "This doesn't look like what I like," says Mr. Macaroni. "There are mushrooms on it," says Mrs. Macaroni. But once they take a bite of Matilda's hamburger, both mom and dad realize it's delicious! The Macaronis are soon on their way to cooking and eating together. Miller's delightful, topsy-turvy tale is boosted by Aly's multicultural cast of fun, cartoony characters; Matilda's biracial, with brown skin; her dad and grandma are white and her mom's brown-skinned. Their expressive faces and body language hijack the page, whether they're recoiling in disgust or smiling a smug smile of success. Readers can attempt the Macaroni family's quiche recipe in the back.A laugh-out-loud book that may have readers trying new foods as well. (Picture book. 4-8)

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