![]() ![]() They were great-great-great-great-grandma Ida's specialty when she was a cook in the big house of a plantation. His favorite is about the special tea cakes that smell like vanilla and sunshine. Tosh loves listening to Grandma Honey tell family stories. Publisher's Synopsis: A young boy helps his beloved grandmother remember an important family story. ![]() Genres: African American, Family, Food, Multigenerational, SlaveryĪlso by this author: Ellen's Broom, Sing a Song, Dream Builder Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons By the end, Honey joins in the telling, “their words flying free.”Īmy Rothschild is an early childhood educator and Teaching for Change volunteer. When he shares the cookies with Grandma Honey, it’s his turn to tell the story. Tosh talks with his mom and realizes that he knows the recipe from all the times he’s baked with Honey. Lyons weaves in a story about aging and the importance of memory-Grandma Honey starts forgetting even the things she knows by heart, like the recipe. ![]()
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