Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour

Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour

A visual feast. . . .The electricity of the paintings will draw children back for a second look. --School Library Journal

Working together at a family pizzeria goes from cozy to chaotic when the business expands and becomes a big fancy restaurant. No matter how he tries to be helpful, little Tony is now always in the way. He misses Little Nino's. But so does someone else--his dad And in a delightful twist, this simply worded read-aloud delivers a thoughtful message about what success and family are all about.
Storyline connects easily to curriculum on neighborhoods, community, and economics.

KAREN BARBOUR is a Californian who resides in Iverness. She also illustrated Eve Bunting's I Have an Olive Tree, Julius Lester's Let's Talk About Race, and Arnold Rampersad and Marcellus Blount's Poetry for Young People: African American Poems.