After Mama leaves for work and Big Sis heads to school, young Bobo and his father begin their day’s task: making okra stew. They start in the garden, picking okra and tomatoes, while Grandpa sews baskets on the porch. Later Papa nets shrimp in the creek and Bobo collects shells in his bucket. Next comes chopping and dicing vegetables and adding seasonings to the pot before stirring in the shrimp, while Papa tells Bobo how he learned to make okra stew from his daddy in the same kitchen where they work now. They bake cornbread, and then Papa asks Bobo what else is needed. “‘Rice!’ I say. Papa laughs and sings, ‘Dat’s fa true, gotta have rice with okra stew!’” That evening the family shares a delicious meal that has been enjoyed for generations, clearly a beloved cultural and family tradition. An author’s note states that the Gulla Geechee people are descended from West Africans who were enslaved and brought to the American southeastern coastal region. The book is created “in the spirit of (Ages 3-7)