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""A child looks forward to visiting their grandfather's deli each Sunday in this upbeat picture book that highlights the various delights found in cultural hotspots...The electric colors in the pop art illustrations make the bright deli scenes engaging, and the depictions of steaming borscht and stuffed sandwiches are sure to make young audiences salivate."" --Foreword ""Original, fun and funny, Deli Days [is] a unique, memorable, and deftly crafted story of food, family and tradition. It is also an especially and unreservedly recommended pick for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 3-7."" --Midwest Book Review ""Bright colors and bold, simple brush strokes bring the deli to cheerful life. The pages are full of loving depictions of traditional Ashkenazi foods like borscht, knishes, pastrami, and rugelach... A delicious slice of Jewish life, passed down from one generation to the next."" --Kirkus

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Jenna Rothberg is a writer, reader, and educator. She deeply believes in compassion, humor, and curiosity -- and that picture books have the ability to inspire all three. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family and their chihuahua named Biggie. Deli Days is her debut picture book, and she is thrilled to share it with you. Marta Pantaleo was born in Rome, where she lives and works. After studying graphic design and photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and illustration at MiMaster in Milan, she won the Carthusia Silent Book Contest in 2016 with her first picture book Ciao ciao giocattoli (Bye Bye Toys). Since then, she's been working as a freelance illustrator for children's books, magazines, and newspapers. Her work has been selected and exhibited in the Nami International Illustration Concours (South Korea), Society of Illustrators New York, the Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, and the Bologna Children's Book Fair exhibition Italian Excellence.

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