Title: Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
Author: Kat Zhang
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Aladdin
Publishing Date: October 1st, 2019
Pages: 40
Meet the funny, fierce, and fearless Amy Wu, who is determined to make a perfect bao bun today. Can she rise to the occasion?
Amy loves to make bao with her family. But it takes skill to make the bao taste and look delicious. And her bao keep coming out all wrong.
Then she has an idea that may give her a second chance…Will Amy ever make the perfect bao?
5 Triquetras!
Amy Wu struggles with creating the perfect bao bun, and through this story, we learn of her struggles, and her ingenuity as well! With a little tweaking, Amy makes bao making accessible to her!
I loved how this story highlights tweaking the system so that it works for you, instead of having to struggle to fit in with everyone else. Amy shows resilience, and creativity as she thinks of a new way for her tiny hands to create bao buns!
While it may not have been intentional, I do like the theme of accessibility!
This book is aimed at children, so I highly recommend it for anyone who has children (especially if they have struggled or are currently struggling with doing something "right"), or for anyone who wants a wholesome message of encouragement to try, try again!
Kat Zhang spent most of her childhood tramping through a world weaved from her favorite stories and games. When she and her best friend weren't riding magic horses or talking to trees, they were writing adaptations of plays for their stuffed animals (what would The Wizard of Oz have been like if the Cowardly Lion were replaced by a Loquacious Lamb?). This may or may not explain many of Kat's quirks today.
By the age of twelve, Kat had started her first novel and begun plans for her life as a Real Live Author (she was rather more confident at twelve than she is even now). Said plans didn't come into fruition until seven years later, when her agent sold her Young Adult trilogy, The Hybrid Chronicles, to HarperCollins. The series, about a parallel universe where everyone is born with two souls, concluded in 2014.
This book is aimed at children, so I highly recommend it for anyone who has children (especially if they have struggled or are currently struggling with doing something "right"), or for anyone who wants a wholesome message of encouragement to try, try again!
About the Author
Kat Zhang spent most of her childhood tramping through a world weaved from her favorite stories and games. When she and her best friend weren't riding magic horses or talking to trees, they were writing adaptations of plays for their stuffed animals (what would The Wizard of Oz have been like if the Cowardly Lion were replaced by a Loquacious Lamb?). This may or may not explain many of Kat's quirks today.
By the age of twelve, Kat had started her first novel and begun plans for her life as a Real Live Author (she was rather more confident at twelve than she is even now). Said plans didn't come into fruition until seven years later, when her agent sold her Young Adult trilogy, The Hybrid Chronicles, to HarperCollins. The series, about a parallel universe where everyone is born with two souls, concluded in 2014.
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