Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only by Eva Wong Nava, Natelle Quek
Published by Candlewick Press ISBN: 1536238791
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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First-person narrative of a young child who enjoys doing tai chi and making dumplings with her grandmother. When her grandmother gets sick, she is scared, but Grandma recovers and both, noticeably changed by time, return to tai chi and dancing dumplings. The child, grandmother, and mother are East Asian and depicted as a family. The lovely illustrations are full of movement and color that portrays their family life through the seasons. I feel as this story is a bit redundant and told better in other books.  The author missed an opportunity by not including their recipe for dumplings and perhaps some tai chi movements to make the culture more relatable. Children will relate to the situation of an aging and  very sick grandmother. This book could be paired with other books about Asian culture or for celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library