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Senisi, Ellen B.

For My Family, Love, Allie

32 pp. | Whitman | October, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-8075-2539-1 $$14.95
(4) K-3 When a young biracial girl's extended family gathers for a backyard cookout, she makes no-bake peanut butter cookies all by herself as a treat for them. A positive aspect of this story (illustrated with color photos) is that it celebrates Allie's mixed background--her mother is white, her father is black--without overemphasizing it. But the mundane action is routinely conveyed and soon becomes boring.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann

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