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Personalized My Tea Party Book (©Create-A-Book)
- 36
pages, Recommended Ages 3-11, hard cover, 6 3/4 by 8 1/4 -
Includes child's name, age, gender, up to three friends and
hometown. Your child learns manners and the art of tea parties!
Recommended for girls as characters in book are all
dressed as girls.
Read My Tea Party
Book Sample
Story Text
My Tea Party
Hosted by
Katelyn Nicole Smith
at the age of 6
With love from,
Mom and Dad
2004
It was a
nice, sunny afternoon. Katelyn Smith
of Portage, Indiana sat on
the porch swing listening to Mom
tell the story of Queen Victoria's first tea party.
"It
was a beautiful afternoon just like today," Mom
said. "Anna, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting was
instructed to serve tea and a little cake in her room. The
Queen enjoyed the delightful experience and instructed
Anna to continue to bring tea and cake every
afternoon."
As Katelyn
listened to Mom tell the
story, she began to think she would like to have a tea
party and invite Nikki and Erica.
"Mom,
do you think that I could have a tea party just like Queen
Victoria?" "I think a tea party is a wonderful
idea, Katelyn," Mom
said. "I will help you plan your special tea
party."
"Before
you send out your invitations Katelyn,
we need to decide on when to have a tea party, and what
you want to serve your guests," Mom
said. Katelyn sat down at her
table and began to think and write down what she could
serve.
"I
will have an Afternoon Tea at two o'clock. Should I serve
tender biscuits hot from the oven with jam and butter, or
English Muffins?" Katelyn
asked. "You mean scones and crumpets." "Mom,
I am sure that we can serve both. What would you like to
drink? There are many varieties of tea. I would like
Raspberry tea, Cherry and Grape Ginger Ale and chocolate
milk," replied Katelyn.
Finally,
the big day arrived. Nikki and Erica
helped Katelyn decorate the
room with ribbon garlands and bows.
Nikki helped
set the table with china, glasses, and silverware. The
finishing touch was a beautiful spray of roses on the
center of the table.
Mom
entered the room with a very large box. As she lifted the
cover of the box, she said, "Before you can attend a
tea party, you must be properly dressed." A dress,
boas, tiaras, jewelry, shoes, gloves, and purses of all
colors and styles filled the box.
"Oh, Katelyn.
Look, you can be the princess," said Erica.
Erica placed the tiara on her
head. The girls began to dress up in their special
clothes.
"Mom is
going to show us how to make tea" said Katelyn.
"First, you will need to boil the water in a kettle.
Be sure to use cold tap water, as it is fresher, and let
it run for a minute. One secret for a good tea is not to
use warm water," Mom
said.
"Next, add
hot water to the teapot until you are ready to pour in the
boiling water. This will keep the teapot warm and it will
already be warm when you add the tealeaves. Add 1
tablespoon of tealeaves in teapot. Pour boiling water over
tealeaves. Allow brewing for 3 minutes. This will allow
the tealeaves to reach their optimum 2 6-ounce servings,
and flavor. This is considered the perfect brewing
time."
Katelyn,
would you, Nikki and Erica
like to help me make the Watercress sandwiches?"
asked Mom. Mom gave them the
recipe and all of the ingredients to make the sandwiches:
Use 1 small bunch of watercress, 6 slices white bread with
crust removed. Butter the insides of both slices of bread
for each sandwich.
When all of the
preparations for the afternoon tea were finished, Mom
announced, "Tea is served. But before you eat, be
sure you know your manners."
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