Laolao's Dumplings - by Dane Liu (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Millie loves to help Laolao cook, especially her favorite dish: dumplings. They gather fresh ingredients from Chinatown. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and juicy, fragrant lychees that make their days together so sweet. As the seasons change, Laolao feels more and more tired--too tired to make dumplings. But can Millie make them without Laolao? And will her dumplings come out delicious, and make Laolo happy, too?"--

Book Synopsis

Millie loves to help LaoLao cook, especially her favorite dish. Dumplings! They gather fresh ingredients from Chinatown. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and juicy, fragrant lychees that make their days together so sweet.

As the seasons change, LaoLao feels more and more tired, too tired to make dumplings. But can Millie make them without LaoLao? And will her dumplings come out delicious, and make LaoLao happy, too?

Full of humor, heart, and wholly original illustrations, this story is a timeless celebration of family, food, community, and the different ways we share love.

Review Quotes

"When Laolao requests dumplings, Millie heads to Chinatown to buy groceries from the woman's extended community, discovering a ripple effect of caring and connection. Moon's highly detailed, thin-lined digital illustrations capture the bustle of Chinatown and the sensory details of creating dumplings as a grandparent's knowledge in turn becomes a way of caring for her." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

About the Author

Dane Liu loves dumplings, especially ones made by her Mama and her kids. Dumplings also deliciously appear in her debut picture book Friends are Friends, Forever, which is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a Kids' Indie Next Pick, and a Best Book of the Year (Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books).

Shin Yeon Moon is a New York based illustrator. She received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, where she now teaches. Her work has garnered accolades from esteemed illustration publications including Society of Illustrators and Communication Arts.