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Reviewed by Erin Nicole Cochran for Readers' Favorite
What the Bread Says: Baking with Love, History, and Papan by Vanessa Garcia is an inspiring children’s picture book that does more than just tell a story, as it educates children on several topics. The ability to convey a lot of information in small digestible bites for young readers is something at which Garcia is an absolute master. She creates an environment of warmth and family in her storytelling that you can tell comes straight out of real life. Garcia puts to the page the kind of word artistry that will make you tearful at times while smiling on other occasions. The illustrations by Tim Palin complement the text perfectly. They have an old-world feeling about them, perhaps because the colors are more on the muted side.
Vanessa Garcia’s What the Bread Says took me back in time to watching my great-aunt cook Sunday dinner. Although she didn’t let anyone help her, it was like having a front-row seat as Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. It brought back memories of togetherness and simpler times. Garcia makes Papan feel as if he’s everyone’s Papan. There’s a magical sense of belonging to history that you can’t escape. This would be the perfect book to be read in elementary schools, especially before making any type of food as a project. When Garcia and Palin come together, they know how to bring a story to life.
