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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
A cute little autobiographical tale about the author visiting Taipei and Taichung as a 10-year-old, and feeling odd about being a 'Twinkie'.
These books are for younger readers, but I still really like them. This is the third in the series about the childhood of the Taiwanese-American author and it's another charmer, a well-told story with cute doodled pictures to illustrate the happenings. I liked learning about Taiwan, the setting for this book, and the culture. My only complaint is that it made me hungry -- wish I had some dumplings, too! ;-)
I love Grace Lin. What a great story... weaving old tales, good information about Taiwan and the culture, with a great story! Good book!
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A companion to Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat, Dumpling Days is based on the author's childhood trip to Taiwan with her family. I liked how the name thing (the character who voices the story is Pacy, a nick name for Pei Se) and being a person who loves to learn what names mean, enjoyed the whole discussion of names, and name chops. The voice, as always, seems true to Pacy's age in life, and I love that the sibling drama has small moments of harmony among the usual discord.
Precious! 3 sisters think they are about to spend the worst summer of their life visiting family in Taiwan and find out dumplings every day certainly sweeten the deal! While not an autobiography I love how Grace Lin weaves true stories of her visits to Taiwan into Pacy's narration.
Grades 4 and up.
Grades 4 and up.
I think this was my favorite Grace Lin book so far. To be honest, mostly because of the descriptions of food! But the characters were more well developed than Year of the Dog
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Sights, sounds, tastes, and smells - Grace Lin brings Taiwan to life in this heartwarming and hilarious story. Highly recommended. Although there are two previous Pacy books, this one stands alone quite nicely (but why wouldn't you want to go back and read more about Pacy?).
Full review on my blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2011/12/dumpling-days.html
Full review on my blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2011/12/dumpling-days.html
I read this book to see if this would be something to read with 4th grade students. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I ADORED this book though! Even though the author writes about when she visited Taiwan as a child - I could relate to most of her cultural experiences. Experiences that she went through throughout the entire book are ones that my sister and family shared when we would take our annual trips to India in the summers. I absolutely loved this book!