Dim Sum for Everyone!
by Grace Lin (Author) Grace Lin (Illustrator)
In English, dim sum means "little hearts," or "touches the heart," but to this young girl, dim sum means delicious. On a visit to a bustling dim sum restaurant, a family picks their favorite little dishes from the steaming trolleys filled with dumplings, cakes, buns, and tarts. And as is traditional and fun, they share their food with each other so that everyone gets a bite of everything.
Just right for young children, Dim Sum for Everyone! celebrates a cultural custom and a universal favorite activity-eating!
Just right for young children, Dim Sum for Everyone! celebrates a cultural custom and a universal favorite activity-eating!
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"Like the pleasures of dim sum, this is a compact treat."—Booklist, Starred "A delightful read-aloud."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred From the Hardcover edition.
Grace Lin
Grace Lin is an award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator. She has written and illustrated several picture books about life in a Chinese American family (based on her own!): Dim Sum for Everyone!, Kite Flying, Fortune Cookie Fortunes, and Thanking the Moon. And she was awarded a Caldecott Honor for A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Her books for older readers include the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, When the Sea Turned to Silver, Starry River of the Sky, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, and Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!. Grace Lin grew up in upstate New York and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. She now lives in Massachusetts. To learn more, visit gracelin.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780440417705
Lexile Measure
250
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Publication date
January 20, 2003
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
Library of Congress categories
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