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A girl in Santo Domingo tells how cocoa is harvested during the late 1800s while at the same time her counterpart in Maine tells about the harvesting of ice
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From Kirkus Reviews
In the late 19th century, American schooners brought ice, refined sugar, and other goods to Santo Domingo to exchange for cocoa and coffee beans, and out of that Appelbaum spins a fine story of two children who love chocolate ices. In the tropical summer of the island, a girl helps her parents collect, harvest, and prepare cocoa beans, which require a lot of coaxing before the transcendent chocolate flavor is released. She goes with her father when the cocoa is traded to a Yankee mariner; he shares a bag scented with balsam needles, as well as the picture of his niece. The niece, in Maine's hard winter, describes how ice is prepared, cut, and made to keep through the warmer months, and then carried to and traded in Santo Domingo. The strong, flat colors of cut paper and gouache make marvelous images of both endless summer and the seemingly endless winter, and the shared fondness for cocoa ice (as well as a seashell and the balsam bag) enable the girls to reach across their different worlds to connect. A tasty treat. (Picture book. 5-10) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Kindergarten-Grade 3?A marvelously rich and appealing picture book that satisfies on many levels. Appelbaum tells the stories of two 19th-century girls from faraway lands whose lives are subtly linked and irrevocably changed through their families' occupations. The book opens on the Caribbean island of Santo Domingo where it is always summer and where cacao trees thrive. The young narrator explains how her family harvests, dries, and roasts cocoa beans, which her father then trades on high-rigged schooners from New England for bolts of cloth and the valued commodity?ice. The scene then changes to Maine where a child of the far north describes her family's ice-harvesting operation and export business. Meade's vibrant cut-paper and gouache illustrations capture the action, industry, and natural beauty of each locale. Filled with fascinating, child-centered details and engaging artwork, this wonderful book is a look at the work-intensive past that also conveys the unequaled joy of savoring the fruits of one's labors.?Luann Toth, School Library Journal
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- PublisherOrchard Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0531300404
- ISBN 13 9780531300404
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages56
- IllustratorMeade Holly
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