Title: Tomatoes in My Lunchbox- --(WB) Author: Costantia Manoli
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 9798331711177
SKU: WB002644
Release Date: 46082
Genre: School Issues -Culture & Diversity
Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Language : English
Description : A moving picture book from a debut author about the first day of school, layered with themes about the immigrant experience and the universal experience of feeling out of place.A child, newly arrived in another country, feels displaced, lonely, and a little scared on her first day of school. Her name doesn't sound the way she's used to hearing it. She knows she doesn't fit in. And when she eats her whole tomato for lunch, she can feel her classmates observing her—and not quite understanding her.But sometimes all it takes is one friend, one connection, to bring two worlds together, and gradually the girl, her tomato, and her full name, start to feel at home with her new friends and community.