MaximsNewsNetwork: QUEEN RANIA of JORDAN: NEW CHILDRENS BOOK @ U.N. (UNTV)

MaximsNewsNetwork: 27 April 2010 - UNTV: United Nations, New York - A cultural food fight between gooey peanut butter and jelly and icky hummus sandwiches leads to global acceptance at least at the grade-school level in a colourful picture book launched today (27 April) by Queen Rania of Jordan and United Nations (UN) Childrens Fund (UNICEF) Eminent Advocate for children.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the launch of "The Sandwich Swap" at the UN Bookshop in New York, described the plot of the childrens story saying that it shows how easily people can misunderstand each other and how easily they can hurt each others feelings sometimes leading to real conflict, as often happens in the real world.

Queen Rania read the story to a group of children assembled for the launch. The book tells the story of best friends Lily and Salma who play together until one day Lily blurts out that Salmas hummus sandwich looks yucky, and Salma says her friends peanut butter and jelly looks and smells gross.

The story ends, spoiler alert, with a visit to the principals office. Shamed, the girls taste each others sandwiches, only to discover the strange sandwiches are quite tasty, and organize a special international event at the school, illustrated with a special three-page fold-out.

The book, co-written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Tricia Tusa, is inspired by the usually hummus and pita sandwich-toting Queens own introduction to peanut butter and jelly by a peer in nursery school.
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• Kelly DiPuccio
• Tricia Tusa

[Misstisrillysillyme]

Awesome. Many thanks.