Storytime w/ Ruth Behar & Gabriel Frye-Behar: Picadillo for Paulina

"A delightful story about the importance of staying true to oneself and family acceptance." —School Library Journal
About this Event

Event guidelines:

• RSVP is highly encouraged but not required.
• Additional copies of the event book will be available for purchase in-store.
• The reading will be followed by a book signing.
• As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].

A young girl must navigate her promise to be a vegetarian without sacrificing her family’s delicious, traditional Cuban food.

Paulina has had the birthday of her dreams with the gift of a visit to an animal sanctuary, and to make it even better, her whole family gathers for a celebratory dinner at Cocina de Nana. But when Nana starts passing around her famed Cuban picadillo, Paulina turns it down. It’s made from animalitos, like the ones Paulina was visiting earlier in the day. She’d made a promise to those animals and is determined to keep it: she’s become a vegetarian. With a bit of trepidation and ultimately mucho, mucho amor, Paulina discovers what it means to practice your own beliefs while still honoring your family’s history and traditions.

Picadillo for Paulina is an accessible, delightful picture book celebration of young eaters’ connections to family, food, and culture.

Ruth Behar is a Newbery Honor and Pura Belpré Award-winning author and MacArthur Genius who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Gabriel Frye-Behar is a Brooklyn-based, Cuban American filmmaker, writer, and photographer.