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soup of the day: see you at harry’s by jo knowles (and a giveaway)!

~ jama ~ 88 Comments

Why hello!

You’re just in time to help us celebrate the official release of See You at Harry’s (Candlewick, 2012), a brand new middle grade novel by the lovely and supremely talented Jo Knowles!

Little Jo, Champion Cone Licker

I’ve been really excited about this book ever since I first heard about it a couple of years ago, not only because I’m a big fan of Jo’s writing, but because this particular story was inspired by her childhood experiences of growing up in the restaurant business in Laconia, New Hampshire.*swoon*

Keller’s was the first of several restaurants owned by Jo’s family in New Hampshire.

Could there be anything better than having your family own a restaurant that’s also an ice cream factory?! Bring me Apple Orchard Pancakes and a Spanish Omelette for breakfast, a Knickerbocker Sandwich for lunch, Stuffed Hamburg Casserole for dinner (extra cheese, ham and mushrooms, please!), and of course, a hot fudge sundae, root beer float or strawberry ice cream cone every day after school. Yum — my idea of culinary heaven! It had to have been fun getting to know some of the customers, helping out with odd jobs, and seeing how large quantities of ice cream was made.

Lick your screen. You know you want to.

But where are my manners? Before I give you the full scoop on this wonderful book, a few delectable party favors.

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2012 Poetry Friday Archive

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l. “Hampstead Again” by Nancy Scott

2. “Potato Soup” by Daniel Nyikos

3. “In a Bath Teashop” by John Betjeman, “At Tea” by Thomas Hardy

4. “The Good News” by Thich Nhat Hanh

5. “The Word” by Tony Hoagland

6. The President’s Stuck in the Bathtub by Susan Katz and Robert Neubecker

7. Guacamole by Jorge Argueta and Margarita Sadas

8. Water Sings Blue by Kate Coombs and Meilo So

9. “Poem for People That Are Understandably Too Busy to Read Poetry” by Stephen Dunn

10. “Honey at the Table” by Mary Oliver

11. “With or Without Rice, a Kitchen Ballet” by Gail Fishman Gerwin

12. “Chosen Ghosts” by Adele Kenny

13. “Rugelah, 5 a.m.” by Sondra Gash

14. “The Skater” by Heidi Bee Roemer

15. “The Best Words” by Diane Lockward

16. “Picture Bride” by Cathy Song

17. “The Answer is a Waffle,” “S’mores,” “Doughnuts! Oh, Doughnuts!” by Greg Pincus

18. “Why I Hate Teachers Who Neva Seen Star Wars” by Lee A. Tonouchi

19. “Death by Strawberry” by Diana Anhalt

20. “To the Coffee Shop” by Andrea Potos

21. “Memory” by James Tate

22. “Lettuce Wrap, Let Us Wrap” by Charles Ghigna

23. “Why I Have a Crush on You, UPS Man,” by Alice N. Persons

24. “Oh Please Take Me Fishing” by Jack Prelutsky

25. “Birthday, 1961” by Paul Child

26. A Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer and Ed Young

27. Dare to Dream . . . Change the World edited by Jill Corcoran

28. Three food poems from Jack Prelutsky’s I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus

29. Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project, compiled by Kate Dawson and Jodi Glucksman

30. Think Big by Liz Garton Scanlon and Vanessa Brantley Newton

31. “Who Invented Cookies” by Joan Bransfield Graham, “Crunch” by Debbie Levy, “Global Gorging” by Terry Webb Harshman. (From the Poetry Friday Anthology)

32. “Pirates’ Code of Conduct,” “Pirates’ Meal,” and “Arrr” by Douglas Florian (from Shiver Me Timbers!)

33. Five Poems by Janet Wong: “Smother Love,” “At a Chinese Feast,” “Short Sighted,” “Liberty,” “Occupy the TV”

34. “Dragon Dinner Etiquette,” and “We Played in a Soup Tureen” by J. Patrick Lewis

35. “Your Grandmother’s Whisk” by Penny Harter

36. “Peanut Butter Cookies” by Edwin Romond

37. “Peanut Butter Pine Cones” and “Peanut Butter Boy” by Charles Ghigna, “Ode to Peanut Butter” by Matt Forrest Esenwine, “In Search of Jelly” by David L. Harrison, and “Untitled” by Marilyn Singer.

38. “Ode to Peanut Butter” by Douglas Florian, “PBJF” by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, “Warning” by Irene Latham, and “Peanut Butter Fever” by Charles Waters

39. “PBOs” by Carol Weis, “Tableau,” by Tabatha Yeatts, “Untitled Haiga” by Diane Mayr, “Peanut Butter Partner,” by JoAnn Early Macken, and “Shape Shifter” by Robyn Hood Black

40. “PB Thoughts” by Linda Baie, “Ode to Mary Chung’s” by Cathy Ballou Mealey, “Peanut Butter Goes with ALMOST Everything,” by Mary Lee Hahn, “A Peanutty Mistake” by Betsy Hubbard, “Butterly Love” by Renée LaTulippe, and “Christmas Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe” by J. Patrick Lewis.

41. “One Bowl” by Penny Harter

42. “Nativity” by Barbara Crooker.

43. “Catku” by Lee Wardlaw

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