It’s our first time at California Pizza Kitchen
and the waiter asks us how we liked our meal

Good, thank you!

Then he gets to my mother
asks how she liked the pizza

I make better pizza at home.

And we gasp
and she says

But it’s true
I do.

Reem Faruqi’s the award-winning  author of Lailah’s Lunchbox, a book based on her own experiences immigrating to the United States. She’s the author of other picture books and middle grade novels – many received starred reviews. Find her at ReemFaruqi.com.