Pizza at Sally's - Hardcover

Wellington, Monica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525477152 ISBN 13: 9780525477150

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

Sally the pizza maker makes pizza. She grows tomatoes in the community garden for the sauce. She gets cheese in the shop down the street. She buys flour from the mill for the dough. Festive artwork shows all her tasks as Sally prepares, mixes, and bakes delicious pizzas. The perfect tie-in to elementary school lessons about where food comes from, this book will be embraced by teachers. It’s a delightful addition to Monica Wellington’s nonfiction for the youngest readers, and it comes complete with a recipe so kids can make pizza with Sally.

About this title

About the Author:

Monica Wellington lives in New York City, where she teaches children’s book illustration at the School of Visual Arts.

From Booklist:

PreS-K. Young pizza lovers will enjoy this charmingly illustrated story about the pizza-making process. Pizzeria owner Sally grows her own tomatoes and makes tomato sauce. Then she makes dough, layers ingredients on it, and bakes the pizza. Finally, to the delight of eager customers, everyone can eat. On each left-hand page, the text, featuring short sentences and basic vocabulary, is set within pizza-shaped white space ringed by items related to the story; opposite is a full-page picture showing Sally at work.^B Simply drawn cartoonlike illustrations, in bold, cheerful colors and patterns, fill the pages, incorporating occasional scanned images (pizza, tomatoes) for contrast and texture. There are numerous items to identify, from utensils to ingredients, though some details are puzzling (if Sally grows her own tomatoes, why do canned tomatoes figure prominently in visuals?). Still, young ones will appreciate the vibrant art and equally bubbly overview. The appended pizza recipe will get readers and listeners into the kitchen for more fun. Shelle Rosenfeld
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0525477152
• ISBN 13: 9780525477150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Wellington Monica