Family Feast!

Carole Boston Weatherford ∙ Illustrated by Frank Morrison

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Published on Sep 23, 2025 | 32 Pages

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Grades Preschool – 3
Ages 4–8

From the award-winning author and illustrator of Standing in the Need of Prayer comes a joyous picture book about an intergenerational Black family cooking a delicious feast and appreciating their quality time together.

Aunts, uncles, cousins, all pitch in.
Hustle, bustle in the kitchen.

Catching up, shooting the breeze,
sharing stories and recipes.

When it comes to a family feast, it’s all hands on deck! Big Ma and Pops have been up early in anticipation of everyone’s arrival. Aunts, uncles, and cousins gather from all over to help prepare their big meal. Clanging pots, chopping vegetables, sharing recipes, and swiping little treats are part of the fun! After the cooking is done, all of the relatives come together to pray, eat, and enjoy their special moment as a family.

Newbery Honor and Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Frank Morrison deliver a heartwarming peek at the love and the chaos that ensue when a family comes together and connects through food.

★ "A triumphant and utterly inviting gustatory celebration." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Readers will clearly see that sharing food at a table strengthens the bond of a family, and brings everyone closer together. This is a gorgeously illustrated celebration of African American family and food." —School Library Journal, starred review

★ "The joy lingers long after dessert across this soulful tribute to legacy, love, and familial gatherings." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Weatherford’s narrative reads aloud beautifully; Morrison’s illustrations capture the warmth and strength of the characters and relationships that bring this happy family together for a time they clearly treasure." —Booklist

"This rhyming, buoyant picture book shows a Black family enjoying the unifying, gratifying experience of coming together to make a meal." —The Bulletin

"[An] inviting book about a Black family gathering for a holiday meal." —The Horn Book

ISBN 9780593898291 (Hardcover)
Published on Sep 23, 2025
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages 32
Dimensions 9 x 11
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 530L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

ISBN 9780593898307 (Hardcover Library Binding)
Published on Sep 23, 2025
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages 32
Dimensions 9 x 11
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 530L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

ISBN 9780593898314 (Ebook)
Published on Sep 23, 2025
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages 40
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 530L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

ISBN 9798217156948 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Sep 23, 2025
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: 530L | Fountas/Pinnell: N

Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford is a two-time NAACP Image Award Winner, an ALA-ALSC Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner, and the author of Standing in the Need of Prayer, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner; Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won the Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Awards, a Caldecott Honor, and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor Book Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom; Family Feast!; and many other acclaimed books. She was also named the 2025–2026 Young People’s Poet Laureate. Carole was born in Baltimore, where she now resides.

Frank Morrison

Frank Morrison started his journey as a graffiti artist in New Jersey, tagging walls with spray paint. It wasn’t until he visited the Louvre Museum in Paris with his dance group that he realized painting was his true creative path. His work has been featured at Art Basel, SCOPE Miami Beach, and Red Dot art fairs, and shown at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is the illustrator of over twenty children’s books, including the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winners Standing in the Need of Prayer and R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award winner Jazzy Miz Mozetta, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor books Little Melba and Her Big Trombone and Let the Children March. Frank now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.