Hari Raya is coming, and this year the children are doing the cooking.

Hafiz is crushed when his parents cannot get home in time. So he and his siblings take over the kitchen themselves and work their way through the dishes they love best — ikan bakar, ayam goreng — for a feast of their own. The whole book is written in rhyme.

What your child will learn

• Rhyme and rhythm that pull a young reader along, and reward reading aloud
• The dishes of a Singapore Hari Raya table, and what goes into them
• Turning a disappointment into something you make yourself

About the series
One of five Illustrated Heritage Cookbooks, each following a child through the food of one of Singapore’s communities — Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavali, a Peranakan party and a Eurasian Christmas.