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Dumpling Day

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Savor a rhyming celebration of one of the world’s most universal foods! Readers follow ten diverse families as they cook dumplings inside their homes in preparation for a neighborhood potluck. Dumplings are added to plates one by one, encouraging children to count with each new addition. Authentic recipes for all the dumplings and a map showing their regions of origin are included in the endnotes. Dumpling Day features dumplings from the following regions: India USA (Pennsylvania Dutch) China (Cantonese) Nigeria Japan Israel Mexico Syria Russia Italy Related to: cooking, cuisine, multicultural, ethnic, diversity, global, world, counting, community, sharing, preschool classroom

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Amelia ★★★★★

The rhyming text flows so well that my four-year-old now chants the potluck lines while we fold wrappers at the counter. I love that each of the ten families cooks a different dumpling, so it opens up a "which one is yours" chat every time.

Stella P. ★★★★★

My niece picked this for our bedtime rotation and now she points out each family's kitchen details before I even turn the page. The potluck ending got her asking if we could make dumplings too, which turned into a whole Sunday afternoon. Ten families is a lot to keep track of, but the rhymes carry y

Steven U. ★★★★★

The rhyming text makes it so easy to read aloud, and my daughter loves finding the different dumplings each family makes. We've already read it three nights in a row.