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A Home for the Last Spoonful of Filling

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One last spoonful of filling is left at the end of the meal, and a last spoonful deserves a home. Hands fold a wrapper around it, the way they have folded a whole crescent of wrappers before it.

A story about the small, careful work of making a place for what remains — one fold at a time, until the last spoonful is home.

Book cover of A Home for the Last Spoonful of Filling (Liubai Books)
Illustration from A Home for the Last Spoonful of Filling: hands folding a wrapper around the last spoonful
Illustration from A Home for the Last Spoonful of Filling: a crescent of folded wrappers on the plate
A crescent of folded wrappers waits on the plate.