Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Contributor(s): Wang, Andrea (Author), Urbanowicz, Kana (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781499807035

Publisher: Little Bee Books

Hardcover

$18.99

Pub Date: March 5, 2019

Dewey: 641.822

LCCN: 2018007582

Lexile Code: 0590

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 9.10" L x 9.20" W ( 0.90 lbs) 40 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000504237 ( Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando)

Reading level: 3.30

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Inspiration struck when Momofuku Ando spotted the long lines for a simple bowl of ramen following World War II in Japan. This picture book biography tells the true story behind the creation of one of the world's most popular foods. Full color.

Review Quotes: "Warning: Reading this on a cold, snowy day will give you a serious hankering for the stuff
[ramen]. Just ask my five-year-old...As Publisher's Weekly notes, 'Starry-eye as it may sound, the goal of
peace through food seems important - and possible - by the story's end.'"-- "Smithsonian Magazine"

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