![]() ![]() Brown cleverly turns an old tune into a modern, energetic romp. ![]() The narrator’s disappointment when the sweet potato pie is eaten turns the repeating verses on their heads a change in language mirrors the shift in attitude familiar to anyone who’s had enough of family for one night. As the night wears on, the view of the house expands to include a long table of food, round tables for games of spades, and a dance floor. Toddlers and aunties and fraternity brothers crowd in. Counting up from the first dinging doorbell to the dizzying 12th, people arrive-“two selfie queens,” “three posh sibs”-and dishes pile up (“four pounds of chitlins” and the highlight, “BAKED MACARONI AND CHEEEEEESE!”). ![]() Soul food and larger-than-life personalities populate the pages of this catch-all family celebration.īeginning and ending with “a sweet potato pie just for me,” this colorful picture book modeled after “The Twelve Days of Christmas” follows a young Black child as doorbells ring and the house fills with relatives. ![]()
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