Grace Lin

Ling and Ting are identical twins that people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different.

"Identical twins Ling and Ting like to be silly, tell jokes, and laugh together"--

An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.

When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, the girls learn a great deal about their heritage.

"From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, here are the tales behind your favorite foods. Do you know the stories behind delectable dishes—like the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza? Or how dumplings cured a village’s frostbitten ears? Or how wonton soup tells about the creation of the world? Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales—based in real history and folklore—are filled with squabbling dragons, magical...

A child describes the various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown.

When winter comes, Mommy makes a soft bed for Little Snow to sleep on, but each night he cannot resist jumping on the bed, causing tiny feathers to fly down.

When five kids visit a farm, they are full of questions about their favorite foods: Why are so many vegetables green? What's the difference between brown bread and white bread? Why do beans make you gassy? The answers may surprise you and help you choose foods that will keep you strong and healthy told through playful poems and common questions.

A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all.

A girl describes how her family makes and flies a kite.