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Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

by Kat Zhang

A family bao-making challenge

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019

    Selected as a Best Picture Book of 2019.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A family bao-making challenge

Amy Wu’s effort to make bao with her family gives the story a clear, hands-on focus: learning a familiar food-making skill and figuring out what to try when the results don’t match her hopes. The bao itself—its taste and appearance—anchors the challenge, while Amy’s persistence and new idea move the premise forward. The book also brings family food traditions into a young child’s everyday world.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in stories about cooking and trying a skill.
  • Families looking for picture-book fiction featuring bao-making and Asian American and Pacific Islander subject matter.

Themes

Family traditionsCooking and foodPersistenceProblem-solving

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Book overview

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019

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?
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