Miss Betti, What Is This?: How Detroit’s School Lunch Lady Got Good Food on the Menu
MISS BETTI WHAT IS THIS HOW DETROIT'S SCHOOL LUNCH LADY GOT GOOD FOOD ON THE MENU BY LELA NARGI ILLUSTRATED BY KRISTEN URODA PUBLISHED by SLEEPING BEAR PRESS TM
EYES CLOSED BETTI WIGGINS could still see the lunches she brought to school when she was a girl Paper-wrapped sandwiches filled with leftover Sunday roast Fresh cucumbers right off the vine Small hand pies fried with apples Betti picked in the orchard
She could smell the rich sweet aroma of the sun and earth that nourished the things that grew on her family's farm in Whittaker Michigan She could taste her mother's care in preparing this food Betti's mother knew A hungry child can't learn
