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The Cazuela That The Farm Maiden Stirred (2011)

by Samantha R. Vamos(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1580892426 (ISBN13: 9781580892421)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Charlesbridge

review 1: Audience: PrimaryGenre: Traditional and Realistic literature- Beast tale incorporatedAward Received:Pura Belpré Award (2012)Text to World:Samantha Vamos’s picture book, “The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred” can connect to almost any reader. In today's world, a favorite past time for children is helping their parents in the kitchen. Children have a true love for cooking and baking and this comes at a young age. This story reinforces that passion and even provides you with a recipe to go with the book.The book focuses on the farm maiden preparing a pot of rice pudding. She follows a series of steps (essentially a recipe) in order for the rice pudding to be just right. In any culture, some sort of recipe or series of steps are used when preparing a meal. This is a... more universal practice that can relate this text to the rest of the world.
review 2: 1) Audience: Primary2) Genre: “The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred” can be considered as part of the traditional and the realistic literature genres. It satisfies the conditions of the realistic genre since, although it is a fictitious story, many people cook recipes in real life. However, the story is not completely realistic since the farm maiden’s livestock help her to finish the recipe. Therefore, since the animals embody human characteristics and perform human activities, “The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred” also fits into the traditional literature genre as a beast tale.3)Award: “The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred” received an honor for book illustration as part of the Pura Belpré Awards in 2012.4)Text-to-Self Connection:Samantha Vamos’s picture book, “The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred” has the ability to connect to many individuals; personally, I can connect the events in the story to various past experiences. In the story, the farm maiden, or campesina, is in the process of cooking arroz con leche. Although I have never warranted help from farm animals while cooking, I have cooked my fair share of recipes, including a Hispanic dish called tamales. While reading about the goat churning butter, the cow providing milk, the duck getting sugar, and the donkey getting the lemon, I was able to connect the process of getting ingredients with the numerous recipes I have made. Each time I bake, I must find a way to gather all of the necessary ingredients just as the farm maiden needed to do. Additionally, at one point in the story, the campesina nearly forgot to stir the cazuela. As nearly any baker can attest, it can be quite easy to miss a step in a recipe. Upon numerous occasions, I have nearly forgotten a step in the recipe, just as the maiden did. Although I have had many baking mishaps, all of my recipes have turned out successful in the end – and have warranted celebration – similar to the farm maiden’s delicious arroz con leche and dancing celebration. less

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