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🥟👧🏻💛I love how DUMPLINGS FOR LILI presents scrumptious dumplings from multiple cultures—a highly engaging storyline filled with neighborly care and delicious comfort. This is such a wonderful book!📚👍🏼

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November 14, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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🤩😋😍 I love the inviting, inspiring account presented in A BANQUET FOR CECILIA. Such an insightful read for how she impacted how Chinese Food is seen (and eaten) in America! 📚👍🏼

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May 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Love seeing these awesome shelfie-mates by @debbieohi.com #MargaretChiuGreanias #MelissaIwai @andreaywang.bsky.social #KanaUrbanowicz @lennywendraws.bsky.social @kazwindness.bsky.social #KatZhang @charlenedraws.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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😲 WOW #Kidlit, it’s the 100th (!!!) #PBStudyBuddy feature* today! I’m in awe of this exceptional book: HOW THIS BOOK GOT RED (#MargaretChiuGreanias, #MelissaIwai, #SourcebooksKids). Hope you like this feature for #HOWTHISBOOKGOTRED! 💖🐼📕🥳
 
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#PBStudyBuddy feature for picture book HOW THIS BOOK GOT RED: Picture of Asian American author Sylvia Chen in giant glasses holding the book. The Emoji Arc shows a graph with Y-axis for Tension/Intensity and X-axis for Pages. Emojis with varying emotions plotted on the graph; may vary by reader for this book. Standout Phrase: "There were all kinds of books about all kinds of giant pandas… But not one about red pandas. The facts were black and white." Standout Page Turn Text: "…until they reached The End." Standout Art Detail: A very relatable, expressive, and endearing red panda MC Starry Book Marks: Clever use of literary devices throughout, Immersive and insightful dialogue, and Entertaining wordplay. Top-of-Mind Book Hooks: Lovable pandas of all kinds!, Why diverse representation matters in books and more, The power of observation, assumption, and support, Taking action for what you (and others!) need, and How open-mindedness can make a life-changing difference. Fast Facts: Pub Year 2023, Created by Margaret Chiu Greanias and Melissa Iwai, Imprint/Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky / Sourcebooks Kids, Word Count (excludes text in art & backmatter): ~500, Flesch Reading Ease: 93.1; Endpapers: Fun info about red pandas. Picture of Asian American author Sylvia Chen in giant LED-lit glasses holding the book. For more #PBStudyBuddy features, visit pbstudybuddy.com. Thank you!
November 16, 2023 at 2:53 PM