Young readers and eaters are invited to join MOFAD and acclaimed writer Joshua David Stein for a virtual storytime of books about food. This month, Joshua will be reading What’s Cooking?
There will be music from The Band Books and Joshua will be joined by special guest, author and illustrator, Oge Mora!
Oge Mora will be reading from her 2019 Coretta Scott King Winning and 2019 Caldecott Honor Book, Thank You, Omu!
Order Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora
Order What’s Cooking? by Joshua David Stein
BYO Snacks!
Recommended for children ages 3-7.
Thank you to our series sponsor, Solid Starts!
Photo by Doug Inglish
JOSHUA DAVID STEIN
Joshua David Stein is an author of both children's books and cookbooks. He is the co-author of Notes from a Young Black Chef, with Kwame Onwuachi; Il Buco: Stories and Recipes, with Donna Lennard; and The Nom Wah Cookbook, with Wilson Tang.
He is also the author of the forthcoming cookbook, Cooking for Your Kids. His children's titles include Can I Eat That?; What's Cooking?; Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture; Can You Eat?; The Ball Book; and, most recently, The Invisible Alphabet. He is also the founding member of The Band Books, a band devoted to rocking out to children's books.
OGE MORA
Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient. Her second book, Saturday won the 2020 Boston Globe—Horn Book Picture Book Award. Oge’s artwork has been applauded by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She also recently made the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list in Arts & Style.
Oge grew up in Columbus, Ohio but resides in Providence, RI. She is a fan of all things colorful, patterned, or collaged, and enjoys creating warm stories that celebrate people coming together.
SOLID STARTS
Solid Starts is the world’s first searchable food database for babies with step by step guides and recipes for starting solids with real food. Each food entry features its own universe of information and is closely reviewed by a team of licensed professionals, including a double board-certified pediatrician and gastroenterologist, swallowing specialists, pediatric dietitians, and an award-winning allergist and immunologist.