Everybody knows how to eat, of course! All you have to do is pick up your knife and fork and start right in. But what if everyone else is using chopsticks? Or what if you've eaten with chopsticks all your life, and now you have to use a knife, a fork, and two different kinds of spoons! Even a grown-up might have to learn how to eat all over again, and maybe there'd be some surprises! With quiet humor and glorious full-color illustrations, Ina Friedman and Allen Say have told a delicious story about the problems and triumphs of table manners. Ina Friedman says that her engineer husband has built a Japanese garden and pool for each of the houses they have lived in over the years, but that the idea for this book really came when she and a Japanese friend were comparing notes on their difficulties in "learning to eat." This is Ms. Friedman's first picture book, but she is the author of two books for older readers: Escape or Die, which told the stories of young Holocaust survivors, and Black Cop. Cross cultural relationships Diversity Inclusivity Cultural Awareness In good used condition - former library book.