[PW] Children's book, website or magazine article explaining "feast of the seven fishes"?

[Reference]

Thanks Jeanne, but I'm not having a problem
finding articles per se -- I'm having a problem
finding articles written for kids.  I had come
across that graphic novel, too, and I wouldn't
mind reading it myself; but again, it's not a
kids' book. But thank you anyway!

Barb



> Here is something from the Project Wombat
> archives:
> http://www.incanto.biz/letters_-_xmas.html
> 
> There are several other mentions of this topic
> in the archives.  The subject
> line on this one is:  Traditional Italian
> Christmas Eve seven fish dinners.
> 
> And a children's book on the subject: The feast
> of the seven fishes, by
> Tinnell
>  http://tinyurl.com/33hler
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 30, 2007 4:05 PM, Reference
> <ref_lib at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Wombats -
> >
> > Here's a seasonal stumper.
> >
> > A patron is going to be talking to a class of
> > elementary school kids about the Italian (or
> > Italian-American) Christmas Eve custom of the
> > Feast of the Seven Fishes, and she wants
> > something - preferably a book - to use with
> her
> > presentation.
> >
> > I looked in all our juvenile cultural,
> Christmas,
> > Italian, and cooking books (and our adult
> books
> > too) and can't find what she needs. A couple
> of
> > cookbooks give a brief explanation and then
> go on
> > to recipes. She's not interested in recipes;
> she
> > is looking for
> description/history/explanation of
> > the custom.
> >
> > All I've found so far are a few articles -
> one
> > from Yankee magazine and a couple from the
> Food
> > sections of newspapers. They're OK, and they
> do
> > give the explanation she wants --  but the
> > writing is not geared toward children, so
> they're
> > not quite what she wants.
> >
> > "Seven Fishes" doesn't turn up anything in
> our
> > catalog. I was hoping maybe someone knows of
> a
> > book, website or magazine article that I can
> > recommend to her.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Barb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
>
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