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Dim Sum for Everyone!

by Grace Lin · 2001

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In English, dim sum means "little hearts," or "touches the heart," but to this young girl, dim sum means delicious. On a visit to a bustling dim sum restaurant, a family picks their favorite little dishes from the steaming trolleys filled with dumplings, cakes, buns, and tarts. And as is traditional and fun, they share their food with each other so that everyone gets a bite of everything.

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Just right for young children, Dim Sum for Everyone!celebrates a cultural custom and a universal favorite activity-eating!

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thisfoodfoodMore like thisLess of thisfamilyfamilyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
cookingcookingMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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