Amy Wu and the perfect bao [Amy Wu]by Zhang, Kat 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2019)

BTSB #: 980182 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.6 LG Lexile: 490 AD

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Dumplings - Fiction Chinese cooking - Fiction Family life - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction

Summary: Amy is determined to make a perfect dumpling like her parents and grandmother do, but hers are always too empty, too full, or not pinched together properly.

Grandpa grumps by Moore, Katrina 

BTSB Prebound(Little Bee Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 655818 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.4 LG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Grandfathers - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Mood (Psychology) - Fiction Chinese cooking - Fiction

Summary: When Daisy's grandfather, or Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes a recipe for fried rice.

Morning sun in Wuhan by Compestine, Ying Chang 

Paperback(Clarion, 2023)

BTSB #: 234327 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Fiction Chinese cooking - Fiction Mothers - Death - Fiction Wuhan (China) - Fiction

Summary: Capturing the uncertainty, the panic, but also the ways in which people come together, this moving high-stakes novel weaves in the tastes and sounds of an ancient city as it follows thirteen-year-old Mei who tries to make a difference through her love of Wuhan cuisine.

Morning sun in Wuhan by Compestine, Ying Chang 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)

BTSB #: 234333 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Fiction Chinese cooking - Fiction Mothers - Death - Fiction Wuhan (China) - Fiction

Summary: Capturing the uncertainty, the panic, but also the ways in which people come together, this moving high-stakes novel weaves in the tastes and sounds of an ancient city as it follows thirteen-year-old Mei who tries to make a difference through her love of Wuhan cuisine.

My love for you is always by Sze, Gillian 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 870356 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: M

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Love - Fiction Chinese cooking - Fiction Mother-child relationship - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction

Summary: As she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, a mother answers her child's question: "What is love?"

Ra Pu Zel and the stinky tofu by Compestine, Ying Chang 

BTSB Prebound(Rocky Pond, 2024)

BTSB #: 234328 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 610 AD F&P: N

Genres: Fairy Tales Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: Fairy tales Chinese cooking - Fiction

Summary: A playful, feminist retelling of Rapunzel with a Chinese-cuisine twist.

This is my brain in love by Gregorio, I. W. 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2021)

BTSB #: 400963 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   
AR: 6.3 UG

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Restaurants - Fiction Chinese cooking - Fiction Anxiety disorders - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Love - Fiction

Summary: Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.