Everyone Loves Lunchtime but Zia series-Interrupting Chicken Text and Illustration copyright: ©

Text and Illustration copyright: © 2021 BOOM

can have a change of heart and learn to be a good friend

friends have been lost and gained

she knows all too well how high the stakes are

lightly sunned)

Everyone Loves Lunchtime but Zia series-Interrupting Chicken Text and Illustration copyright: ©A heartwarming picture book about a Chinese American girl who grows to appreciate the traditional dishes her parents prepare for her and finds a way to share her lunch with her classmates. Everyone loves lunchtime. Everyone, that is, but Zia. At school, the other kids are eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cheese and crackers, and apples on the side. But Zia's always nervous about opening her lunchbox. Her dumpling and noodle dishes look