The Have a Good Day Café (Paperback)

from jcuttitta

I really enjoyed this book because of the incorporation of food culture into a children's book. I like how the author took into consideration how big of a role food plays into cultural identity and included descriptions of each traditional Korean dish so that someone who has never had it could kn...

from KristyPratt

I enjoyed this book for the most part. The story is about a Korean boy named Mike who helps his family run a snack cart in Central Park. Business is good until other carts start selling similar foods around them which causes their customers to dwindle. Mike's grandmother, who longs to be back in ...

from Katieflu628

"The Have a Good Day Cafe" is a story that shows the life of a Grandmother that has come to America but still misses the aspects of Korea, her hometown. Mike (the grandson), and his family, Grandma included, all run a food cart downtown. When the food cart does not get enough business, the family...

from CassandraQuigley

The Have a Good Day Café was a great book. Something that I though enhanced this book was the glossary and recipes at the end of the book. For instance the glossary provided a definition of the Chajang Myun, which was noodles smothered in thick brown sauce, and pronunciation was also included, wh...

from sarabeck

In my opinion, this was a good book. It is about a Korean family who has a food cart where they sell food on the corner of a street. The Grandmother had recently moved to America and she was reluctant to accept her new surroundings. After other food carts moved closer to the corner, the family be...