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Book Trailer

Listen to Boy Dumplings

Enjoy the book with a live reading!

Cooking with Martin Yan

Watch Ying cook a recipe based on her book A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts  with world-renowned chef Martin Yan on Crystal Cruise.

Cooking Dumplings

Learn how to cook dumplings with Ying from this video produced by Mercury News.

Lesson Plan

Teachers can give students this lesson plan when reading Boy Dumpling!
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Praise for Boy Dumplings

​“A fun, slightly spooky twist on the classic tale of a small child outwitting a villain”
-- School Library Journal

“… charming, whimsical fairy tale”
— Midwest Book Review

“Children will delight in the ghost’s gullibility…. Compestine’s haunting tale is an entertaining, not-too-scary offering.”
— Publisher’s Weekly

…a classic trickster tale, developing both characters and premise with humor.”
— Kirkus Reviews

“Capped with a promising recipe for Boy-Free dumplings at the end, this crowd-pleaser will make a delicious storytime…”
— ALA Booklist

“Exciting storytelling and Chinese culinary traditions create a delicious book for young readers.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

“… HYSTERICAL! A wonderful ‘trickster tale,’ I can’t wake to make the dumpling recipe!”
— Marla Conn, Readability
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