Description This beautifully illustrated story connects past and present as a girl bakes a Chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa. com@Elizabeth Zunon. lizzunon. www.
Grandpa Cacao is her first authored-illustrated book, and a love letter to the grandfather she never knew.
As she grew up, she didn\'t really change! Elizabeth now lives in Albany, where she explores a multicultural world through painting, silk-screening, collage, and pondering the endless possibilities of chocolate.
As a little girl, she loved to draw, paint, make up dances, and play dress-up in a household that was never devoid of chocolate. .
About the Author Elizabeth Zunon was born in Albany, New York, and grew up in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. .
There\'s a special surprise waiting at the front door . "We can only enjoy Chocolate treats thanks to farmers like him." Once the cake is baked, it\'s ready to eat, but this isn\'t her only birthday present. "Chocolate is a gift to you from Grandpa Cacao," Daddy says.
In a land where elephants roam and the air is hot and damp, Grandpa Cacao worked in his village to harvest cacao, the most important ingredient in chocolate.
Chocolate is the perfect treat, everywhere As a little girl and her father bake her birthday cake together, Daddy tells the story of her Grandpa Cacao, a farmer from the Ivory Coast in West Africa.
Description This beautifully illustrated story connects past and present as a girl bakes a Chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa
