By Eva Wong Nava (author) , Natelle Quek (illustrator)
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Celebrate the power of love, family bonds, the memory of traditions and sharing truly delicious food with this stunningly illustrated hardback picture book, jacketed with gold foil.
A little girl is shown how to make dumplings by her grandma and they absolutely love the ritual of cooking together: We roll. We fill. We pinch and pleat. We cook! When Grandma gets sick, the little girl takes her turn to make dumplings and help soothe her grandma back to wellness - channeling as much love and comfort as she can into her cooking. Luckily, delicious homemade dumplings hold a lot of goodness inside.
Drawing from her own Chinese heritage, author Eva Wong Nava shows, with lyricism, warmth and poetry, how cooking provides children with a sense of connection to their family, as well as a feeling of community, and how making food can be a hugely healing process. With stunning detailed illustrations from Natelle Quek, this is a delicious celebration of a book for any time of year.
'This beautiful, lyrical picture book offers a heartfelt story of empathy, centred on a little girl's love for her grandma and their shared ritual of making dumplings.' - Inclusive Books for Children
'Demonstrates how love and rituals can help people through difficult times. A beautiful depiction of Chinese family life and culture.' - BookTrust
Eva Wong Nava combines degrees in English Literature and Art History, and writes stories that explore identity, culture, and belonging. Eva has done many things in life but writing remains her favourite thing to do. She has written an award-winning middle-grade novel and several picture books including I Love Lunar New Year, illustrated by Li Xin, and Dancing Dumplings for my One and Only, illustrated by Natelle Quek. Eva has been a speaker at the Asian Festival of Children's Content on writing about diversity and representing marginalised voices. A passionate collector and reader of picture books, she teaches the art of picture book writing at Picture Book Matters. Eva writes full-time and lives in London with her family and two scampering squirrels. Find her on Instagram or on X as @evawongnava.
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Celebrate the power of love, family bonds, the memory of traditions and sharing truly delicious food with this stunningly illustrated hardback picture book, jacketed with gold foil.A little girl is shown how to make dumplings by her grandma and they absolutely love the ritual of cooking together: We roll. We fill.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, Cooking / Food, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Picture storybooks, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only was written by Eva Wong Nava and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only has 32 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. Not Available.
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