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Bright illustrations and joyful storytelling teach about how to welcome someone that is new to the country, & how to see who they are outside of their language barrier.

I love this! Reminded me of an old favorite, [b:Dumpling Soup|893829|Dumpling Soup|Jama Kim Rattigan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344269464l/893829._SX50_.jpg|879053], that we like to read around New Year's Eve.

My family frequents a restaurant where you can watch through a window as the cooks make xiaolongbao. My daughter somehow thinks it looks easy (a compliment to the cooks I suppose), so someday we'll have to try to make it ourselves and she can see how challenging it actually is. There's a great video on the author's website showing how bao are made from start to finish.

A very cute picture book both about food but also: sometimes the problem is scaling!

Recipe at the end but didn't try so I don't know if it's any good.

I want to be friends with Amy!! I LOVE this patchwork dragon that she creates....the homage to her heritage that she introduces her classroom to. Dragons don't always need to get a bad rap ;)

Amy Wu's curiosity and energy radiates from every page and is more than a little contagious.

Amy Wu always has something to do and seems to be in constant movement. It's almost driving her mother insane, but when Amy sees girls dancing on a show, she knows what to do next. Dance. But dancing alone is a little boring. With a few friends and their instruments, she's ready...but the dance ribbons are still missing. She tries to construct her own, but finding the right materials isn't as easy as she thought it would be.

I had to smile during the first pages as Amy Wu wiggles and jumps and squiggles and leaps everywhere and that non-stop. It makes a reader want to bounce around with her. When the instruments and ribbons come into play, Amy's excitement, again, has readers wanting to join in. So, while this book does tell a fun tale about friendship, frustration, and working things out, it also inspires to get moving, make instruments, and dance.

The illustrations are as cheerful as Amy Wu and let the atmosphere radiate with bright illustrations. Even when she's a little frustrated, the scenes come across clear and without bogging down in negativity. There are moments to giggle and moments to sigh. It keeps the read in the pages and makes Amy Wu come across like a normal, bubbly girl.

While there are messages surrounding friendship and problem-solving, the author also weaves in aspects of the Chinese culture. The dancing girls on the show are well-illustrated and do invite with their costumes and grace. As for the dancing ribbons...well that makes a great project for readers to enjoy themselves. There are instructions at the end of the book and ideas on how they can be constructed as well.

This is a nice edition to the Amy Wu series and does more than simply offer a pleasant read.
I received a complimentary copy and enjoyed spending the time with Amy Wu.

This story follows Amy making bao with her family. She experiences struggles to make the best bao, learns her own skills and capability. This would help to show students different cultures and sharing foods from their own culture. I could use this book in a K-3rd grade classroom.

This book would be a great read aloud for primary aged students.
This book is about a young girl named Amy Wu, and she is making bao with her parents and grandmother. She struggles with making the perfect bao, but she perseveres and eventually learns how to make the perfect bao by adjusting it to fit her own skills.
I would use this book in the classroom as a fun read aloud book to show my students different cultures and foods within different cultures. This book shows the process of making bao, which is a Chinese cuisine, and it would be a great resource for showing students an aspect of Chinese culture through food.

This book is good for a primary age group. It tells the story of a young Chinese girl making bao with her family and trying to make the perfect bun. I would have it in my classroom to encourage students to try new food and learn about other cultures.

This book has a productive struggle, showing how the little girl can't make a "perfect bao" as her family can, but after fixing it to her size she is able to with practice. This book is good for primary age, and helps a kid realize not to give up and to keep trying after you fail.

Amy joins her classmates in welcoming new kid Lin but her efforts don't seem to be working. He can't speak English and she doesn't speak Chinese. She comes up with the idea of inviting Lin and his family to her family's dumpling party, where she reveals a bilingual welcome banner she's made with her grandmother's help. Her thoughtful gestures help break the ice. A nicely revealing point: Amy is of Chinese background but doesn't speak the language. It's a subtle detail that shows a common situation: just because someone is of a certain background doesn't mean they can speak the related language.

Part fantasy, part modern day adventure in China, the story is a mystery and a treasure hunting quest. Love the setting, love that the reason the treasure is still hidden is because no one seems to remember that it exists outside of Mia's family (which makes it slightly more believable). Good characters, and while Mia definitely has some of the ol' middle grade angst, it doesn't overshadow the larger story. I also like that the villain is acting out of despair, which is compassionately dealt with, but not forgiven. I also like how Mia is testing her independence and finding out how to rely on herself. I think it's astonishing that one can have a 500 year old mystery and the landmarks/clues are still there. I also loved the almost abstract map. Altogether pretty cool.

Amy tries her hardest to give new student Lin a warm welcome like her teacher asked them to do, but Lin doesn't speak - until after school, when his dad and little sister arrive, and he chatters to them in Chinese. Amy asks her mom if they can invite Lin's family to their house for the dumpling party at their house that night, and asks her pink-haired grandmother to help her make a sign using the characters for "welcome." But when Lin arrives, Amy is too shy to speak in Chinese out loud - exactly how Lin felt speaking English in front of the class. Amy and Lin make dumplings together, and forge a friendship without spoken language. Back matter: "Make your own welcome banner" project idea.

Lively, fun, and empathetic. An excellent book for anytime, but especially the beginning of the school year or when a new student arrives.

Making a new friend takes on a nice and important twist, while keeping kindness and warmth front and center.

There's a new boy in Amy Wu's class, and she can't wait to become friends with him. While he's nice and smiles quite a bit, he never says a word. When Amy hears him talking to his sister in Chinese after school, she realizes what the problem might be. With her parents' help and a bit of guidance from her grandmother, she might find a way to connect with the boy after all.

The plot on this one is pretty straight forward and adds the familiar feeling of uncertainty to make it sit with young listeners/readers. The situation of having a new kid in school and the excitement of meeting them is something many readers can relate to, but it's the nervous reaction of the boy, who tries his best to be friendly...and is..., which makes it touch the heart. Then, the author turns it around, leaving the nervousness to sit on Amy. It's a lovely back and forth, which also shows how easy it is to make new friends once stepping beyond this anticipation.

Of course, this one spins around a child, who can't yet speak English. This is something, which happens more and more often, and even if not every child will have this experience, the message swings broad enough to keep it understandable and relate to other situations. All of the characters are friendly, warm-hearted, and radiate as much positive vibes as the bright illustrations, making this a wholesome read.

Then, there's the weaving in of other cultures to add the last zest. Amy's heritage slides in effortlessly and naturally. The author also makes sure to include the Mandarin when the boy and his sister speak. This is not translated right away, keeping the reader as much in the dark as Amy is. But it is translated at the end during the last notes. There's also a section where Amy tries to pronounce several words, which the reader can attempt as well.

It's a simple and cute read, which works well as a read-aloud or in a more one-to-one situation, too. I received an ARC and found it to be down-to-Earth and a positive read.

Dragged a little; not as good as the first; more place-setting for the last one.

Must read the rest of the trilogy now. YA, especially speculative YA, operates best in metaphor, and what a great metaphor for growing up: having two souls in one body, yet only one can be dominant? YA is all about finding one's identity, and the strength of the central metaphor carries the book past some of the weaker parts.

En este, el decimosexto año de la campaña anual de Jumpstart, Read for the Record, reúne a millones de adultos y niños para leer el mismo libro en el mismo día, creando una comunidad intergeneracional mediante la lectura.

Amy's class is drawing dragons and she draws a traditional Chinese dragon, and at first is told that that is not what a dragon looks like. With the help of her grandma and her friends she realizes that there an be dragons that look different and that's okay. They build a traditional dragon costume and show it to her class. I would say that this book would be best for younger elementary students. There is an art templet in the back of the book which would be great to do as a class activity.

This story is perfect for primary level readers, or any elementary level readers! We follow Amy in class, where students are assigned a project to make their own dragons. Students make all types of different dragons, but Amy feels off because her dragon looks much different. She is questioned by her peers, and feels bad that it doesn't look like theirs. She goes home upset and her Grandma shows her a dragon costume that highlights their culture. Amy gets excited and has her family help her extend the costume to be much longer. She brings it to school, and has it as a show and tell, and everyone loved it. It turned into a very colorful, happy, ending. Amy got to share her culture with the others, and they all loved it.
The end of the book also has a DIY dragon craft template page to make copies for "Eastern and Western dragons." Which I think is awesome for culture inclusivity + a fun craft project in classrooms.

In this alternate history dystopia, humans are always born with two souls, but over time one of them overpowers the other and the less dominant soul simply fades away — at least, that's what's supposed to happen. In Eva's case, she was the recessive soul in Addie's body, but she has most certainly not faded away. Addie was able to conceal Eva's presence for several years, but it has finally come to the attention of medical authorities, and they are without warning being sent away to a hospital to be "fixed."

There are so many teen dystopian novels out there, and sometimes they start to feel pretty similar. This story was a new twist for me, and I enjoyed it as a diversion, though I identified a few plot details that either didn't make sense or needed further fleshing out. For example, that was an awfully enormous hospital building for all of a dozen patients! All in all, a decent first effort, but I don't think I'll be reading further in the series.

It's a rare sequel that measures up to its predecessor, but AMY does! This time, Amy is at school when her teacher reads her class a book about dragons, and then everyone makes their own dragon out of a variety of art supplies. Amy first makes a long, thin, wingless dragon, but her classmates question it, and she draws a dragon like the one in her teacher's book - but that one's not right either. At home, she goes up to the attic and finds the head of a dragon costume, then enlists the help of her family to make the dragon she envisions, which she brings to school to share the next day. Truly a celebration of art and culture; full of color and joy.

Back matter includes templates for making an Eastern and a Western dragon.½

Two people sharing a body? Interesting premise. Add in the threat of death if one of those souls doesn't depart? Now you've got drama and tension. I enjoyed seeing how Addie and Eva interact and how they both have to help each other.½

Amazing premise, didn't fully explore it as deeply as I was hoping

What's Left of Me provides a very unusual concept. That of two souls residing in one body. Stephanie Meyer approached it in The Host but in a different way. Here either Eva or Addie is supposed to override the other one and become the dominant soul. But it turns out that they're able to co-exist and Eva hides underneath Addie's soul. But by co-existing, they are setting themselves up for being sent off and treated. I enjoyed this story a lot. I had issues at times following the dual personalities and keeping straight who was in charge but, all in all, this is a fantastic and creative book.

A delightful, perfectly-made story about a girl in search of the secret for making perfect baos.