This is a sweet-as-a-cookie rhyming story-fun to read aloud-with charming illustrations about a dream that comes true! This fast-paced picture book features an inclusive message from President Abraham Lincoln about the importance of immigrants to America. A recipe for delicious hamantashen is included.
When Jewish immigrant Bunny Romero learns that her second-grade class will be visiting the White House the day before Thanksgiving, she jumps for joy! Now she is sure that her dream will come true: to eat her favorite cookies-her Mexican nana's hamantashen-right there in the White House kitchen. Then she'll
really
feel at home in America! But what happens when Bunny discovers that the kitchen is not part of the tour? Find out in this delightful rhyming tale, lightly sprinkled with Spanish, Yiddish, and Hebrew, about a day that Bunny and everyone else at the White House, including the first female president, will always remember!