“Nothing welcomes spring like a wild onion dinner!” A Cherokee girl describes a seasonal ritual as she and her family help prepare a community feast to welcome spring. But first, her Uncle Fish takes her and her younger brother to the spot where they’ll harvest wild green onions. Other family members join them; they each have their favorite tool for digging, from stick to shovel to spoon. They leave most of the onions behind so more will be waiting next spring. When it’s time to cook at the community center, the menu includes corn soup, grape dumplings stew, wild onions and eggs, and more. Following a prayer to thank the Creator, it's time to eat! A lovely, lengthy author’s note about the importance she places on history and culture, including food and language, closes this cheerfully illustrated, buoyant story.

Nothing welcomes spring like a wild onion dinner!

As the dirt warms and green sprouts poke up, a Cherokee girl joins her family in the hunt for green onions. Together, they pick enough to bring to a feast, which is cooked with love and shared by their community.

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Let's all eat!

Written with simple, sensory lyricism by Andrea Rogers (Cherokee) and featuring warm, vibrant art by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw), this picture book celebrates the spring tradition of wild onion dinners--and the community and comfort that are shared when we gather.