"A whimsical story about being different, and the power of love."Wendy Orr, author of Nim's Island and The Princess and Her PantherIt’s not easy being the ugliest dumpling in a dim sum restaurant. Uneaten and ignored, the ugly dumpling is down in the dumps. But when an encouraging cockroach sees the dumpling’s inner beauty, this unlikely duo embarks on an eyeopening adventure, leading the ugly dumpling to discover its true identity and realize that being different is beautiful after all.A modern fairytale retelling with a timeless moral: There’s a little ugly dumpling in all of us.
"A whimsical story about being different, and the power of love."Wendy Orr, author of Nim's Island and The Princess and Her PantherIt’s not easy being the ugliest dumpling in a dim sum restaurant. Uneaten and ignored, the ugly dumpling is down in the dumps. But when an encouraging cockroach sees the dumpling’s inner beauty, this unlikely duo embarks on an eyeopening adventure, leading the ugly dumpling to discover its true identity and realize that being different is beautiful after all.A modern fairytale retelling with a timeless moral: There’s a little ugly dumpling in all of us.
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