Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum
by Natasha Yim
illustrated by Violet Kim
Charlesbridge, 2020. 32 pages.
Review written March 23, 2021, from a library book
Starred Review
Here’s another wonderful book for exploring math with young children in the “Storytelling Math” series from Charlesbridge. It’s perfect, in fact, for my new Sondermath page.
In Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum, Ma Ma and Ba Ba are taking Luna and her two brothers to a dim sum restaurant for a special birthday lunch. They order two baskets of three pork buns each, and plan to eat two each.
Then Luna accidentally drops one on the floor. So they have five pork buns. How will they divide them up? Or should someone get more than everyone else? After all, Luna is the birthday girl.
This kind of problem – dividing up food – is near to kids’ hearts. And it’s told in a story form, so their attention won’t lag.
There are notes in the back about Dim Sum and the Chinese Zodiac, with ideas for exploring the math.
I’m enjoying this series, where kids engage with math concepts in real-life ways.
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