{"id":21220,"date":"2013-07-03T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=21220"},"modified":"2014-05-08T23:37:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T03:37:50","slug":"rainbow-stew-by-cathryn-falwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/rainbow-stew-by-cathryn-falwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rainbow<\/a>This week has been especially stormy and wet, so I thought I needed to throw in a rainbow in the midst of bursting clouds.<\/p>\n

The waking glee of three young children staying with their grandfather quickly turns to “[w]himper, sigh, cloudy sky,” when their plans for outdoor adventures get rained out. But Grandpa isn’t going to let a few drops get in the way and announces “‘Let’s go and find some colors for my Rainbow Stew!'” Amidst the excited “[s]plish, splash, puddle dash,” Grandpa and his grandtrio head to the lush garden where they pick a bounty of green, yellow, purple, red, brown, and\u00a0orange vegetables. Back inside, the foursome “[p]eel, slice, chop, and dice” their harvest, until soon enough, the Rainbow Stew warms both the kitchen and four hungry, happy bellies.<\/p>\n

While her words have no ethnic-specific identifiers, Cathryn Falwell<\/a>\u00a0(Butterflies for Kiri<\/a><\/em>) enhances her story with multi-culti hues, choosing to give her story’s family \u2013\u00a0via her charming illustrations \u2013\u00a0African American heritage. She then adds small details throughout that wordlessly strengthen her prose: a grocery list that includes “tofu,” a reminder note to “call Lee” \u2013 surely a nod to Falwell’s wonderful indie press Lee & Low Books<\/a>,\u00a0a framed graduation picture of a young woman who is most likely the children’s mother, a copy of her own book\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David’s Drawings<\/em>\u00a0(also published by Lee & Low) \u2013 pulled from the shelves and left on the floor as if in mid-read, the children’s art displayed throughout the house, and a wall calendar turned to the month of July which means the kids are enjoying their summer vacation. By both showing and telling, Falwell’s latest is a welcome rainbow of vibrant hues, ready and waiting to share.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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