Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan, illustrated by Lillian Hsu-Flanders [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
04 Mar, by in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hawaiian, Korean American, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost
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