Savor a rhyming celebration of one of the world’s most universal foods! Readers follow ten diverse families as they cook dumplings inside their homes in preparation for a neighborhood potluck. Dumplings are added to plates one by one, encouraging children to count with each new addition. Authentic recipes for all the dumplings and a map showing their regions of origin are included in the endnotes.
Dumpling Day features dumplings from the following regions:
- India
- USA (Pennsylvania Dutch)
- China (Cantonese)
- Nigeria
- Japan
- Israel
- Mexico
- Syria
- Russia
- Italy
Written by Meera Sriram
Illustrated by Inés de Antuñano
Dumpling Day (PB)
Awards & Honours
- Hot Off the Press Reading List, Children’s Book Council, September 2021
- Kids in the Kitchen: New and Recent Books About Cooking and Food, Publishers Weekly, 2021
- 9 Favorite New Books about Families Cooking Together, Edible Finger Lakes, 2021
- 8 Picture Books About Food and Fellowship, The New York Times Book Review, 2021