# A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen

**Author:** Erin Frankel
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 26
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9780593380598`
**ISBN-10:** `0593380592`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-plate-of-hope
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A picture-book biography of chef José Andrés, who turned a love of cooking into World Central Kitchen, serving fresh meals to people after disasters around the world. Erin Frankel and illustrator Paola Escobar show how one plate of food can carry hope. Selected for the 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (grades 3-6), chosen annually by the Texas Library Association.

## Themes

- compassion
- biography
- service

## Where this book is assigned

### Texas Bluebonnet Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)

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