Let’s Have Dumplings

On the Winter Solstice and during the Spring Festival， there is a custom of having dumplings which links the whole family together. This story develops from eating dumplings， making dumplings， and back again to eating dumplings. The opening gets straight to the point. “Winter Solstice has arrived. Let’s have dumplings.” Then， the story is narrated in a loop structure as a means of telling stories in children’s literature. Paul， a kind-hearted child， ate dumplings until he was full at Granny Fortune’s house. He also shared the dumplings given by Granny Fortune three times， to the dog， the cat， and Bebe. They enjoyed the dumplings very much. Afterwards， friends worked together making dumplings. Many animals who loved dumplings were attracted and joined them. Everyone put forth an effort in making dumplings. At last， everyone had homemade dumplings and felt very happy.

Bao Dongni

Bao Dongni， a children’s literature writer and a member of the China Writers Association， has published almost 300 children’s books. Her works won the 4th National Excellent Children’s Literature Award， the 5th National Excellent Children’s Book Award， was among the 30 Good Books of the Publishers Association of China in 2017， etc. The copyrights of many of her books were exported to America， France， Britain， Germany， South Korea， and other countries.

Let’s Have Dumplings

Bao Dongni， Cao Yanhong

Hope Publishing House

October 2021

38.00 （CNY）

Winter Solstice has arrived. Let’s have dumplings today！

Look， Granny Fortune has made dumplings. She is waiting for the water to boil. Then she can boil dumplings in the pot.

There is a knock on the door.

What a lively room！

Bunny splits the dough， Squirrel rolls the dough， Magpie hands over the wrappers. Granny Fortune wraps all of them. The big tray is covered with dumplings.

Winter Solstice is a lot of fun！ Friends wolf down dumplings， saying， “Granny Fortune’s dumplings are so delicious！”