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Compestine, Ying Chang

The Runaway Rice Cake

40 pp. | Simon | January, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-689-82972-8 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Tungwai Chau. This original tale set in China is a cross between "The Gingerbread Man" and "The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes." A rice cake runs away from the Chang family on New Year's Eve and is unstoppable until it bumps into a hungry old woman. The goodhearted but poor Changs offer her the rice cake, and predictably their kindness is rewarded. The lively illustrations and a note about the holiday add authentic details. A recipe is included.
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