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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
This book will make anyone dream of Biryani! It will also interest kids with the secret job Anni gives herself and the interaction with Uncle gives just the right amount of conflict for younger audiences. It would be fun to read this book in a lower level class and then cook Biryani with them!
ANNI DREAMS OF BIRYANI is such a wonderful book with ever-endearing characters and tantalizing ingredient and dish depictions! The storytelling itself is spot-on too, ever lively with entertaining voice and personality for multiple characters, alluring alliteration and phrasing throughout, and clever yet fresh structuring for sets of threes. Mix all this with the picture book's topics at hand—yummy biryani, the joy of cooking, sleuthing secret ingredients, facing challenges head-on, and pursuing what you love to do, ANNI DREAMS OF BIRYANI is an absolute winner!
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was just ok. Read it with niece and nephew and they were interested enough to finish it.
This was so beautiful. The art and the story.
I want some Biryani!!!
With so much going on in the world at the moment, please remember how important our history and cultures are and within that, how important it is to pass down something as beautiful as a Biryani recipe.
I want some Biryani!!!
With so much going on in the world at the moment, please remember how important our history and cultures are and within that, how important it is to pass down something as beautiful as a Biryani recipe.
A very cute book with colorful illustrations about a young girl determined to get the recipe for a popular biryani.
kind persistence is rewarded
Anni strives for the secret of a 200 year old recipe. Charming story of Indian cuisine for children (and adults too!). Includes a brief history of biryani and a link to an online recipe for the dish.
Anni strives for the secret of a 200 year old recipe. Charming story of Indian cuisine for children (and adults too!). Includes a brief history of biryani and a link to an online recipe for the dish.
The illustrations are beautiful! My students were very interested in making biryani after reading this!
A very cute story illustrated beautifully. Now I"m hungry
Anni loves her uncle's biryani that he sells at his cafe and wants to learn how to make it. When she does, she realized that he has a secret ingredient that he won't tell her.
I loved the themes of this book that revolve around family and food traditions, but I thought it ended abruptly. It needed a few more pages to feel like a complete story.
I loved the themes of this book that revolve around family and food traditions, but I thought it ended abruptly. It needed a few more pages to feel like a complete story.