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Dumplings for Lili

Lili loves to cook little dumplings called baos with her grandmother, but when cabbage is needed, Lili races up and down the stairs of her grandmother's apartment building to find the ingredient and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings, from Jamaican meat patties an...

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Main Author: Iwai, Melissa (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Dumplings > Juvenile fiction.
Cooking > Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:Lili loves to cook little dumplings called baos with her grandmother, but when cabbage is needed, Lili races up and down the stairs of her grandmother's apartment building to find the ingredient and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings, from Jamaican meat patties and Italian ravioli to Lebanese fatayer and more.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Audience:Ages 4-8.
ISBN:9781324003427
1324003421
Author Notes:Melissa Iwai is the author of several multicultural and food-themed books, including Soup Day, Pizza Day, and Dumplings for Lili, which won the Crystal Kite Award and was named a Bank Street Best Book. Three titles from her early reader series, Gigi and Ojiji, are Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selections, and Gigi and Ojiji received a Theodor Geisel Honor in 2023. When not creating books, she enjoys cooking and doing crossword puzzles with her husband, author Denis Markell, in Brooklyn.

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