Join award-winning illustrator and author Onyinye Iwu for a fun-filled storytelling and draw-along session inspired by her joyful picture book The Best Jollof Rice Ever! Children will meet the characters, enjoy an interactive reading, and take part in a fun drawing activity where they can recreate their own versions of the story’s dog Burna. This session celebrates creativity, friendship and the magic of food. Free with entry ticket.
About the book
The Best Jollof Ever is a comic and playful picture book celebrating the fun of cooking together.
“This story is fun, vibrant and absolutely BURSTING with flavour! A brilliant debut from a bright and shining talent in the kidlit world, Onyinye has all the ingredients to tell a good story, and you’re going to totally love what she’s cooked
up with this one.” Dapo Adeola
Kamsi and Kwame are best friends and their favourite food is jollof rice! Kamsi thinks his mum’s is best, with spicy peppers. Kwame is sure his mum’s is better, with juicy tomatoes. The boys decide they will each make their own jollof in their mud kitchen, to see whose is best of all…. But when they start playing tricks, secretly adding some very odd ingredients – a caterpillar, nettles and ants – to each other’s dishes, both boys find they have made the WORST jollof ever! What can they do? Maybe the BEST jollof rice is made when you do it together… A funny and heart-warming read-aloud story about sharing and the joy of cooking together!
About the author
Onyinye Iwu is of Nigerian parentage. She was born in Italy and moved to Britain as a teenager. A secondary school teacher, she has a degree in Architecture and a Master’s in Cultural Diaspora Ethnicity. She is the illustrator of Sala, Mountain Warrior, by Wakanyi Hoffman, and of the Too Small Tola books by Atinuke. She lives in London.
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