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A review by lelliereads
The Yuckiest Lunch Box by Debbie Min
5.0
The Yuckiest Lunchbox is an children's picture book that follows a young Korean girl in the first grade who brings traditional Korean food to lunch on her first day of school, and the other kids tease her and think that the food smells bad. This upsets and embarrasses Nari so she asks her mother to make an American lunch for her instead. Soon Nari grows into her culture with the help of her mother and and a culture day at the school where the other kids learn more about her food and traditional clothing.
This is an important book because I think everyone who brings something other than a sandwich to lunch in elementary school has experienced this situation, but especially POC. It reminds me of the scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding where Tula brings moussaka for lunch and the girls tease her so she wants to bring a sandwich to fit in. I even remember this happening to a girl in my Kindergarten class who was from Japan and brought seaweed chips for the class on culture day and everyone hated it and made a dramatic show about it being "gross" (including me, who as an adult loves seaweed and sushi). I don't remember a lot fromwhen I was that young so the fact that this is a memory that stayed with me is pretty telling, and I wasn't even the one who brought the food in.
I think this is an important book for children of all ages and backgrounds to be proud of your food and also to try other culture's foods instead of dismissing them.
Thank you to the author who sent me a free PDF copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is an important book because I think everyone who brings something other than a sandwich to lunch in elementary school has experienced this situation, but especially POC. It reminds me of the scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding where Tula brings moussaka for lunch and the girls tease her so she wants to bring a sandwich to fit in. I even remember this happening to a girl in my Kindergarten class who was from Japan and brought seaweed chips for the class on culture day and everyone hated it and made a dramatic show about it being "gross" (including me, who as an adult loves seaweed and sushi). I don't remember a lot fromwhen I was that young so the fact that this is a memory that stayed with me is pretty telling, and I wasn't even the one who brought the food in.
I think this is an important book for children of all ages and backgrounds to be proud of your food and also to try other culture's foods instead of dismissing them.
Thank you to the author who sent me a free PDF copy in exchange for an honest review.