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A review by teenytinylibrary
The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi
4.0
One poor little dumpling is not quite right - he's ugly (really all dumplings are ugly) but not the right sort of ugly. No one wants to eat him. BUT! a cockroach comes along to show the dumpling the beauty in the world and he changes everything.
I loved this book. It was cute and a little twist on the traditional Ugly Duckling story. The dumpling was really a steamed bun that didn't know she was a steamed bun, but it didn't matter in the end anyway. I think that this would be good for kids - especially when you talk about growing up to be different and accepted - but they need to be told to find someone who likes their weird self now and just roll with it instead of trying to change.
I loved this book. It was cute and a little twist on the traditional Ugly Duckling story. The dumpling was really a steamed bun that didn't know she was a steamed bun, but it didn't matter in the end anyway. I think that this would be good for kids - especially when you talk about growing up to be different and accepted - but they need to be told to find someone who likes their weird self now and just roll with it instead of trying to change.