Yoshi's Feast
Book Review II
Book Review II
Author: Kimiko Kajikawa
Illustrator: Yumi Heo
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Cultural
Primary Characters: Yoshi and Sabu
Secondary Characters: Townspeople
Publishing Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc. 2000
Awards:Charolette Zolotow Award
Theme: When cooperation is in effect, everyone benefits.
Summary: Yoshi, a fan maker, lives in the city of Yedo. His neighbor, Sabu, cooks eel to sell. Yoshi adores eel and enjoys smelling them cook all day. Sabu decides to charge Yoshi for smelling his eels. Yoshi finds a clever way for Sabu to reap profits. He will use his fans to circulate the smell so that more people will come and buy them. In the end, both neighbors are satisfied and sit down for a nice eel feast.
Uses with students: In a classroom, this book could be used as an introduction to Asain cultures. It will help student's connect and visualize aspects of other cultures.
