When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they’ll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family’s house with a skippity-hoppity-ho! and returns from the rich man’s home with a feast in tow!
With spirited text and lively illustrations, this story reminds readers about the importance of generosity.
This story, which is a bit like Jack and the Beanstalk and the Gingerbread Man rolled into one, tells the story of a boy from a poor family celebrating Chinese New Year. The boy is sent to market for some food but much to his family’s disappointment he returns instead with a magic wok. When the wok runs away, little do the family know that it will soon bring back an enormous feast for their celebrations! We particularly like the beautiful and engaging illustrations brimming with detail and the repeated elements that make The Runaway Wok story easy to join in with.
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