\u201cEvery Saturday, me and Mom bring Yaya a small box of dan-tats to share,\u201d the young narrator informs readers. The child\u2019s grandfather, who lives in a nursing home, uses a wheelchair and has memory issues. Though Yaya speaks only Chinese, the two bond over their love of egg tarts. But today, Yaya promptly takes the box and disappears down the hall. Though nervous of the other residents\u2014Chinese elders who \u201cfart and burp and cough\u201d and \u201csmile without their teeth in\u201d\u2014the child follows. The protagonist\u2019s energetic voice introduces a colorful crew of personalities, revealed to be far more welcoming than they first appeared, as Yaya stops to give dan-tats to Mrs. Tam, who is \u201calways knitting,\u201d sports-loving Mr. Lee, and grumpy Mr. Kwan, who drops crumbs while reading the newspaper with Yaya. The comedic interactions warm the child\u2019s heart\u2014but did Yaya forget that dan-tats are their special tradition? No! After sharing the last few egg tarts with the other residents in the community room, they head to Yaya\u2019s room to split the very last one. Xiao\u2019s cartoon artwork is deftly shaded and textured with squiggles, lines, and bold pops of colors that evoke movement and warmth. The tale concludes on an uplifting note, with the protagonist reminded of Yaya\u2019s love\u2014and eager to continue connecting with the other elders next Saturday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cEvery Saturday, me and Mom bring Yaya a small box of dan-tats to share,\u201d the young narrator informs readers. The child\u2019s grandfather, who lives in a nursing home, uses a wheelchair and has memory issues. Though Yaya speaks only Chinese, the two bond over their love of egg tarts. But today, Yaya promptly takes the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}