Shante Keys and the New Year's Peas

By Gail Piernas-Davenport and Marion Eldridge

Shanté Keys loves New Year's Day! But while Grandma fixed chitlins, baked ham, greens, and cornbread, she forgot the black-eyed peas! Oh no—it'll be bad luck without them! So Shanté sets out to borrow some from the neighbors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Release date: Jan 1, 2007
• ISBN: 9780807595602

Gail Piernas-Davenport

Gail Piernas-Davenport has enjoyed writing since she was in grade school. She used to go in her basement and write crazy stories and novels. She lives in Illinois.

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Reviews for Shante Keys and the New Year's Peas

[kimjd_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

While the rhyming text can get a little clumsy, there's a lot of read-aloud appeal here as Shante Keys traverses the neighborhood trying to find black eyed peas for her family's traditional New Year's Day dinner and discovers lots of other food traditions along the way. The author's note at the end is very informative. The illustrations are bright and engaging.

[specialibrarian · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great read aloud for New Year's storytime! Pictures are large and bright. Language rhymes without being too cutsie.Concepts are straightforward and not too complicated.