Description A Lunar New Year story about Big-Handed Grandmother, who does everything in large amounts. As the Lunar New Year approaches, Big-Handed Grandmother prepares dumplings to feed even her friends in the forest until they're full. But there are so many ingredients that even after four days she still hasn't finished, so she uses up all the remaining filling to shape the biggest dumpling in the world. This picture book is steeped in the warm spirit of sharing among neighbors that has long been part of Korean culture. It features playful exaggerations, like a mixing bowl so big that both people and animals climb inside to mix the filling, and so much dumpling dough that it stretches not just through the house but over the hill beyond. Rather than making readers think 'oh, that could never happen' and push the story away, it draws them in even closer with its warmth and charm. About the Author Author: Chae In-seon Chae In-seon won the Grand Prize in the Creative Writing category of the first 'Good Children's Book' manuscript contest hosted by Changbi Publishers. She writes in a warm, conversational style that speaks to children's dreams and hopes, as if sitting across from them and telling a story. She currently lives in New Zealand. Her works include The Mountain House Full of Goblins, My Friend Choi Yeong-dae, Mr. Utility Pole, Sunday of the Bean Cuckoo, My Brother's Going Through Puberty, Twelve Baby Ducks Are Too Many!, How That Lizard Friend Learned to Knit, and Bicycle Trip with Uncle. Illustrator: Lee Eok-bae He wrote and illustrated Sol's Chuseok Story, and illustrated The Sun and the Moon, Banjjogi, The Discovery of Tools, and Big-Handed Grandmother Makes Dumplings. His illustrations for The Strongest Rooster in the World were selected for the 1997 BIB (Bratislava International Biennial of Illustrations), and he received the Art category award at the 1998 Children's Culture Grand Prize, hosted by the Korean Children's Culture Promotion Association, for Big-Handed Grandmother Makes Dumplings. He lives in Anseong with his wife and fellow illustrator Jeong Yu-jeong, along with their daughter and son.