Legendary Cakes: A Story of Tết, the Vietnamese New Year
Written by Kerisa Greene
Illustrated by Kerisa Greene
Published by Feiwel & Friends
Spring is almost here and Tet is even closer.
A celebration for the first morning of the first day of the new year.
It’s almost time for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, which for two excited siblings means a sleepover at their Bà’s house, where she will teach them to make bánh chưng, the traditional New Year cakes. When the cakes take forever to steam and the boredom starts to set in, Bà begins to tell the thrilling tale of an ancient prince, a contest, and how bánh chưng came to be.
Legendary Cakes is a mouth-watering celebration of how food, stories, and holidays keep cultures alive for future generations.
Primary ISBN: 9781250325891
Publication Date: January 2025
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 04 or older
Community Represented: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American
Themes: Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Vietnamese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: Unspecified
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 2nd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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