The Cook's Family
Publisher
Putnam
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9780399229077
Pages
184 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
As her parents' arguments become more frequent, Robin looks forward to the visits that she and her grandmother make to Chinatown, where they pretend to be an elderly cook's family, giving Robin new insights into her Chinese heritage.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Kinship care; Interracial; Biracial; Bicultural; Immigrants and refugees; grandparent raising grandchild; biracial child; interracial marriage; two cultures; bicultural child; undocumented immigrant; illegal immigrant
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Chinese) / White
Family Formation
mother, father, and grandfather
Awards
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001
Middle And Junior High School Library Catalog, Eighth Edition, 2000
Eureka! California in Children's Literature, 2003
Best Children's Books of the Year, 1999
Kaleidoscope, A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8, Third Edition, 2001
Keywords
family problems; Chinese Americans; Chinatown; cooking; memories; pretend; restaurant
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Yep, Laurence, "The Cook's Family" (1998). Diverse Families. 774.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/774