This beautifully illustrated bilingual Chinese and English storybook
welcomes you to enjoy a light-hearted story of how chopsticks became the
main eating utensil of the Chinese People.
When Little Mo picks up a small bamboo stick from the bamboo forest, she
has no idea that it will eventually lead to one of China's most
significant inventions. In this Children's story the stick comes to life
to help in the kitchen. The little bamboo stick helps Mom pick out
vegetables from a bowl of hot soup, helps Little Mo to eat the remaining
rice in her bowl, and helps Dad to stir eggs. The stick soon learns it
has limitations, unable to easily pick up noodles from a bowl.
Little Mo quickly solves this problem by finding another bamboo stick to
join the team. As a duo, the stocks can cut buns in half and pick up
pork dumplings without any difficulty. Her dad then gives them the name
chopsticks and improves upon their design. First used in China over
3,000 years ago, their use spread to other Asian countries and all over
the world!