Bee-Bim Bop!

Adorable, rhythmic book with a lot of applications for storytime: rhyme, culture, dinner, vocabulary, phonics, cooking,family, and being a helper.

When a family decides to make a recipie called bee-bim-bop, the little girl is so excited. She goes to the store with her mom to pick up ingredients such as eggs, rice, onions, meat, garlic, and carrots. When they get home, the little girl is so excited for the meal and can hardly wait. This book

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is great to teach the kids about another culture. The book even includes the recipie the kids can make in class one day.

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I really like the catchy text. How many bouncy ways can we rhyme with bee bim bop? (A zillion, apparently.)

And I liked the recipe, and the family togetherness, and the artwork. (Note: I asked around when I cooked this, as I was short a few things, and was informed that this is one of those "meh"

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recipes where you don't have to be exact and can add or take away as you wish. I love those!)

As an atheist/agnostic I wasn't super-thrilled with the page dealing with them saying grace, however, this is what I call a "deal with it moment". Lots of people pray, it's important to a lot of people, it's important for kids to know this sort of thing, and in the context it's just not a big deal in this book. If this is the sort of thing that concerns you, you can skip over those two pages. Just, you know, tape 'em together :P

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I first read this story with my 3 year old, who speaks English and Korean. She was excited to hear words like "Bi-Bim-Bop" and "kimchee" in the story. She was also able to identify the Korean word for the images throughout the story. This story is a fun one to read for young children because it

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turns a recipe into a rhyme and celebrates the process that goes into making a traditional dish. Bibimbop is one of my favorite Korean meals, so I will definitely be writing down the recipe that is written on the back. Although, it does sort of remind me of Baba's recipe for perogies: a pinch of this, a little of that:).

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About a little Korean girl who is making a traditional meal with her mother called bee-bim bop. They go grocery shopping together, cut the veggies and meat together, and cook the meal. Then the entire family comes together for dinner. Says Grace and eats dinner together. I think this book is

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precious. The recipe is even in the back of the book.

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What does a hungry little girl want for dinner? Bee-bim bop! A little girl can hardly wait as she helps Mama purchase ingredients and prepare bee-bim bop, a traditional Korean dish, for her family. The process is as much fun as the result!

Bee-Bim Bop! is a delightful story for young audiences. The

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text reflects the fast-paced urgency of a hungry child in an upbeat rhyming rhythm, "Hurry, Mama, hurry Gotta chop chop chop! Hungry - very hungry for some bee-bim bop!" The "Hurry, Mama, hurry" refrain is repeated often. In addition to pure fun, Bee-Bim Bop! will give children a sense of possibility and capability, "Spinach, sprouts, and carrots Each goes in a pan, Let me pour the water in Yes, I know I can!" and"Bowls go on the table Big ones striped in blue I help set the glasses out Spoons and chopsticks too." Adding interest and excitement is the concrete presentation of verbs pertaining to cooking. The "flip-flip flop" of the egg pancakes bounces in the midst of the text. "Chop chop chop" appears om a hard 45 degree slant, much as a chopping blade in motion.

The book is also an excellent example of a Korean American multicultural story with its roots set firmly within the United States. The child's family, illustrated by Ho Baek Lee, has the common characteristics of Asian Americans - tan skin tones, straight black hair and a characteristic eye shape, however, the features are never exaggerated and the family is portrayed as any other typical US family, complete with a frisky dog. The grocery store and kitchen setting, as well as the clothing are typically American. The focus is on the young girl, with Mama's head frequently missing from the double-page illustrations. The dog also is featured prominently, following the young girl throughout the kitchen. The colors are bright, but realistic. The overall impression of the cheerful watercolor and pencil illustrations is one of a happy and playful family.

The topic of the book, is of course, distinctively Korean American, as is the use of chopsticks. Grandma is the only family member that appears decidedly Korean, wearing a traditional garment, with her hair fixed neatly in a bun with a decorated ornament. The fact that the entire family wears slippers while indoors may also be indicative of Asian American culture. In a nod to biculturalism, the family (except the dog, who keeps one eye fixed upon the bee-bim bop!) closes their eyes and bows their heads to say grace before dinner.

The book concludes with a recipe for bee-bim bop, divided into tasks for "grownups" and "you." An Author's Note explains bee-bim bop and is accompanied by a photograph of the author and her young relatives preparing dinner. This book will surely ignite a desire to hurry hurry hurry to the kitchen to make some bee-bim bop!

CONNECTIONS
Read Bee-Bim Bop! with The Trip Back Home by Janet S. Wong, and Ill. by Bo Jia. The Trip Back Home includes a trip to the market and the preparation of a meal in a modern, rural Korean household. Many of the ingredients mentioned are the same as those in the dish, bee bim bop. It offers an excellent example of how traditions are brought to the United States and adapted.
This is an excellent choice for a public library storytime. Preschoolers will love it!

Share this story with a globe. Let children find bee-bim bop's home, Korea, on the globe.

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This book is about a Korean recipe (that is given in the book) and it exposes children to Korean culture.

This is a book about the Korean dish Beebimbop, with a recipe at the end to make your own. A great cultural exposure for kids.

Bee-bim Bop by Linda Sue Park is the story of a little Korean girl who is excited about cooking her favorite dish with her Mother. The pair shop for the ingredients, then prepare the recipe once home. The story is told using upbeat rhythmic verses, with it's signature dish, Bee-bim Bop as the

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chorus. This book is one of my favorites. I was just as excited as the little girl as I read the words. As a classroom extention, the children and I would have to prepare some Bee-bim Bop! The recipe is included at the back of the book.

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The story starts off when a little girl goes to the grocery store to shop with her mother. She is hungry and in a hurry to get home to cook bee bim bop. She helps her mother prepare the vegetables while her mother stars to cook on the stove. She watches in excitement as her mother finishes up. The

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table is set as her family sits down for the meal.
I like this book, it has very catchy words in the story, almost like a chant. The best part of this book is the recipe for the Korean dish Bee Bim Bop.
The children could pretend in the housekeeping area going to the grocery store with their mother and helping prepare the meal. We could also make and taste our version of Bee Bim Bop. It can also be a word association with the korean language.

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Summary of book:
Bee-bim Bop is about a young Korean girl who is very hungry at the grocery store. Her mommy is buying all the ingredients they need for some Bee-bim Bop. Once they get home, the little girl helps, but makes so many messes. Dinner is finally done after some cleaning up and mopping

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and everyone is quiet as her daddy says the grace.

Personal Reaction to the Book:
I think this book is a great way to show the students that no matter what culture you’re from or what foods you’re used to eating, all kids are the same. They want to help mommy cook, they love to eat, and are always excited for their favorite dish. If there is a teacher in a military town or teaching on post/base, this would be an excellent book to share with not only your class, but parents as well.

Extensions:
1. To help the students interact, the teacher could make some Bee-bim Bop to eat as a snack in the classroom. (The recipe is included at the back of the book).
2. The teacher can start a discussion about different cultures and the food they are famous for. This is especially useful when students have traveled to different countries.
3. At a teacher/parent meeting have a multicultural potluck! This will involve the parents and give them an idea as to what is happening in the classroom.

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Loved this book! We had a great time making the recipe in the back!

This book is about a korean girl who helps her mother cook. In the end the whole family comes to eat together. I especially liked that there is a recipe at the end of the book for the meal which has the same name as the book. A thing that I didn't like that much was the fact that it shows that only

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the women are responsible for cooking and the men are just coming to eat. Although it's a lovely book.

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Little girl helps mom go shopping for ingredients to make a special dish for dinner; back at home she helps mom prepare the meal for dinner.
ages three to five. No Plot

This book is about a family making a special family recipe called bee-bim-bop. The ingredients to the recipe includes like eggs, rice, onions, meat, garlic, and carrots. The anxious little girl can't wait until this delicious meal is done. The author wrote this story with many rhyming words.

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Everyone in the family has a huge appetite for bee-bim-bop. I think that it is a great story for a lesson on foods in different cultures.

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I loved this book it had many of my favorite elements rhyming, family traditions....and food!

This is a 4-line stanza poem about the preparation of bee-bim bop, a popular Korean dish. At the end is a recipe for creating bee-bim bop. It's not a great book, but it's definitely okay for a primary audience. The recipe at the end might be fun to try.

A little girls mom is making dinner and she wants to help, she watches her do all the stuff involved in making the dinner. She decides to help her mom pour water and spills it all over the floor. She goes and gets a mop and cleans up the mess and then helps her mom set the table and everyone eats

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dinner.

Ages: 3-6

Source: Pierce College Library

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Bee-Bim Bop is a food of Korea. A young girl helps her mother to make this food. This book supports personality.
Ages:3-4
Sources: Pierce College Ft. Steilacoom

Bee-Bim Bop is Korean for "Mix-Mix Rice". The little girl was hungry and wanted everything to hurry up and to finish anything she was doing, either shopping with mom, or cooking with mom.

Age:3-5

Source: Pierce College ECE

A young Korean girl helping her mom make a Korean dish called Bee-bim bop.

Its a good book to read to the young children because the way the words are in the book, like gotta pop pop pop and gotta chop chop chop. I think the kids will enjoy it while you're reading to them.

Linda Sue Park's Bee-bim Bop made me long for the hot stone bowls and yummy food at Bibigo in LA. Can't wait for our next SCBWI conference to be able to visit again! Lovely, fun language. A great read aloud!

A great read-aloud book! Fun rhymes and rhythm accompany this breezy story of shopping and cooking Bi Bim Bop. Even for those who have not had the dish, the pictures of shopping and chopping vegetables will be fun for any child. For Asian American children, the book is a pleasant reinforcement of

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ordinary cooking experience with a parent, from the common vegetables to the common cookery and utensils involved.

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This is a multicultural book about korean family. The little girl tells her mom to hurry up at the grocery store so she can eat. This could be a good book to talk about sequencing and recipes. This also would be good to create a center out of.