Our Little Kitchen

Tie on your apron!
Roll up your sleeves!
Pans are out, oven is hot.
The kitchen's all ready,
Where do we start?

In this lively, rousing picture book from Caldecott Honoree Jillian Tamaki, a crew of resourceful neighbours come together to prepare a meal for their community. With a garden full of produce, a joyfully chaotic kitchen and a friendly meal shared at the table, Our Little Kitchen is a celebration of full bellies and looking out for one another.

Includes two recipes and an author's note about the volunteering experience that inspired the book.

A picture book about a lively evening in a community kitchen from Governor General's Award–winning author and illustrator Jillian Tamaki.

Praise for They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki:

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, Young People's Literature- Illustrated Books
Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Award
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Finalist
New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2018
NPR's 2018 Great Reads
CBC Books Best Canadian YA and Children's Literature of 2018

"If They Say Blue is ‘about' anything, it's a peek into a child's curious, questing, observant mind as she moves beyond received wisdom - what is it ‘they' say again? - to thinking and feeling and yearning for herself." - New York Times

"Thinking, imagining, noticing - these, Tamaki suggests, are the tools we have to understand our world." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Attuned to a child's psychology and patterns of critical thinking, this visually stunning work is a must-purchase for libraries." - School Library Journal, starred review

"With her first picture book, Jillian Tamaki displays a mastery of the form along with a sensitive understanding of the imaginative life of a small child." - Quill & Quire, starred review

"Readers experience the colors and sensations of the world through the varying moods and observations of one little girl … this is a reminder to slow down, savor the present, notice small details, and relish childlike wonder." - Kirkus Reviews

Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist and illustrator from Calgary, Alberta, who now lives in Toronto, Ontario. Her first picture book, They Say Blue, won the Governor General's Literary Award and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, among many other accolades. She co-created the highly acclaimed graphic novels Skim and This One Summer with Mariko Tamaki, and she is the creator of the webcomic SuperMutant Magic Academy, and Boundless, a collection of short comics for adults. She has won many awards for her work, including a Caldecott Honor, a Printz Honor, the Eisner Award, the Doug Wright Award and the Ignatz Award. Her work has also been named to the list of New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books.