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.

Dumplings for Lili by Iwai, Melissa 

BTSB Prebound(Norton Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 481519 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 650 AD F&P: N

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Grandmothers - Fiction Dumplings - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction

Summary: Lili loves to cook little dumplings called baos with her grandmother, but when cabbage is needed, Lili races up and down the stairs of her grandmother's apartment building to find the ingredient and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings, from Jamaican meat patties and Italian ravioli to Lebanese fatayer and more.

Kadooboo! : a silly South Indian folktale by Rao, Shruthi 

BTSB Prebound(Page Street Kids, 2024)

BTSB #: 739546 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Dumplings - Fiction Friendship - Fiction East Indians - Fiction

Summary: In this South Indian folktale retelling, a boy mixes up the name of a delicious dish he is carrying home to his mother.

Knish War on Rivington Street by Oppenheim, Joanne 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2017)

BTSB #: 690705 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 560

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction Dumplings - Fiction Bakers - Fiction Bakeries - Fiction Competition (Psychology) - Fiction Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1898-1951 - Fiction

Summary: Benny's family owns a knishery and sells delicious round dumplings. Then the Tisch family opens a store across the street-selling square knishes-and Benny's papa worries. So he lowers his prices! But Mr. Tisch does too. As each knishery tries to outdo the other, Benny helps his papa realize there's room on Rivington Street for more than one knishery.

Laolao's dumplings by Liu, Dane 

BTSB Prebound(Godwin Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 580355 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural

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

Summary: Millie loves cooking with her Lao Lao, and together they walk through Chinatown collecting fresh ingredients to make a steaming hot batch of dumplings. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and enough lychee to last all day make for the perfect dumplings and the perfect summer together for Millie and Lao Lao.

Our world of dumplings by Dekker, Francie 

BTSB Prebound(Little Bee Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 270482 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Dumplings - Fiction International cooking - Fiction Eating customs - Fiction

Summary: On Dumpling Day, Sylvia and her friendly neighbors from different cultures gather for a meal featuring various dumplings from their various cultures.