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This was a great book. The illustrations were bright and vibrant. The text flowed well and the story wasn't too long to hold a child's interest. A fun read.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book reminds me so much of the story stone soup. There are lots of similar feels to it.

I think this book is very appealing both for the story and the illustrations. It offers a "window" for kids who do not live in urban areas to see some of the customs.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review*Such a cute book! i love the art so much and love that it includes a recipe!!

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I am a big fan of hot pot so I liked the idea of turning the concept into a picture book for children. I like the focus of the story being on the community aspect of sharing food and sharing ingredients. The hot pot night brought neighbors family and friends together. Sharing food is a universal thing. I like the explanation in the back for the uninitiated. Reading this book made me crave hot pot.

We loved this short, wonderful story. A young Chinese American boy invites his neighbours to join them in a meal. Everyone contributes something to the Hot Pot, helps to prepare it, enjoys eating it and then they all clean up together. What a great multi-cultural story about community, cooperation, friendship and sharing. We loved the illustrations that were large, vibrant and full of action and emotion. The text was done in speech bubbles which we also talked about because that was a different style for my grandkids. The words were short and easy to read, so after I read it to them, my grandson read it to his sister and me. A great book for a preschool classroom and for primary students who are learning to read.

Vincent Chen’s Hot Pot Night! is a wonderful and diverse picture book. The writing is simple but catchy while the illustrations are lovely and bright. This book is perfect for very young readers.

A young Taiwanese American boy brings his diverse neighbours together over a communal dinner. Everyone contributes ingredients to the preparation of the tasty hot pot.

This is a cheerful, easy, and quick read! The simple storyline is easy-to-follow. The dialogue and writing are concise but repetitive and catchy. This makes it a perfect read for new or very young readers. I like the feelings of community, togetherness, and friendship that flow so nicely throughout the story. But, I do wish the book had a little more depth.

I like the introduction to aspects of Chinese culture as well as the short but informative explanation of hot pot. It’s a Chinese soup that encourages diners to share and add ingredients like meat and vegetables to a boiling broth. There’s even an included recipe for hot pot which is a great touch!

The full-page illustrations are lovely and feature a bright but soft colour palette. There are a diverse range of characters with varying skin-tones. The cheerful characters are nicely drawn. There’s even a cute doggie dying to get in on the foodie action! The typography is clear, easy-to-read, and doesn’t distract from the art.

Hot Pot Night! is a great book that will be a wonderful addition to any school library or a very young reader’s collection. I will definitely check out more of Chen’s work!



🍲 🍲 🍲 🍲 hot pots out of 5!

The artwork for this was gorgeous - every page was so fun to look at. There's also a recipe included at the end, which would be great as a follow-up activity.

A really sweet picture book about Hot pot night. The rhymes added to the charm of the book, and the illustrations were so sweet! I love that there’s a recipe in the back and an explanation of the culture behind hot pots!

Cute, but a little too simple to spend money on if you're on a limited budget. Everyone contributed and everyone shared the result, like a good hot pot, but unlike a good hotpot, there wasn't much substance to the book.

This is a simple story, yet extremely engaging with the text and illustrations. Basically, family, friends, and neighbors get together for a dish called “hot pot.” I loved the description of the togetherness and the warmth and satisfaction of food. Right after I read this, I looked up vegan hot pot recipes (this book featured the meat variety, with a recipe at the end that can be tailored to different diets). I read this via NetGalley, courtesy of the publisher.

A Chinese American family brings together various families in their apartment complex to make a communal dinner where everyone contributed something to the meal. I love the inclusive representation and the idea that food is better when it is created together and shared. I also like that they featured delicious authentic ingredients and indicated that many cultures have a version of a hot pot so families can try it at home with their own recipe or use the sample one in the back of the book as a starting point. The repetition makes it ideal for sharing during a storytime where kids will undoubtedly join in the refrain. It seems best suited for a preschool-kindergarten audience, so it is not a best fit for my library at this time.

An inviting read for sure! Contemporary illustrations of a community coming together to create a traditional hot pot. It is a modern take on the classic "Stone Soup" and love that at the end Vincent Chen has added a hot pot recipe to try! I think this would make a great classroom read and even better - make a class hot pot!

Hot Pot Night is such a cute book. It has diverse characters, colorful illustrations, and shows a community sharing a meal. Perfect book to use during storytime.

I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from Vincent Chen and Charlesbridge through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was a cute book about community and coming together to enjoy a hot meal as a neighbourhood family. I love the recipe at the back of the book and will try this recipe for myself in the future because it looks tasty!

While the summary in the publication data page compared this to Stone Soup, I feel like this was less a re-imagining of that and more a book with some strong parallels but a different heart Hot pot sounds like a delicious culinary tradition, one that I've never tried but would love to experience. This book's text was simple and lyrical and the end matter provided enough information about the hot pot process and a simple enough beginner's recipe to follow that I think it will serve as an invitation to readers to give it a chance. I will gladly add this to my library's collection when it becomes available. Well presented and clearly written. Nicely done.

This book brings together a community within a building for dinner in a series of beautiful illustrations with people of different walks of life. Through the making of the hot pot, you could see the love shared between the community, and that this was not the first nor last time they would be doing this. A lovely book to share to teach children about community, food, and love.

Hot Pot Night! is a great book about building community by cooking food together. This book is easy to read with one sentence on each page. I love that a recipe for Hot Pot is included in the back of the book.

I love that this books shows people being brought together over food! As an Italian this is something we definitely believe in in my family and I’m aware that culturally many different groups of people agree that food can bring people together. Sharing a meal is a bonding experience, an experience of love and care, and Hot Pot Night makes that clear! I love the recipe at the end, the word choices throughout and the page that explains that Hot Pot is a “Chinese soup that literally brings people together and encourages people to share.” This is true of books too and it definitely describes this book.

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So much to celebrate with this book. An apartment building's diverse neighbors gather together to share dinner and cook Hot Pot. I love the casual intertwining of the various cultures. Chen takes readers through the process from invitation to meal prep to eating together.
The text is easy to read and easy for young readers to follow. The illustrations invite readers to share in the joy of the cooking process and the time together. I love that the story finishes with plans to gather in a different apartment for another meal together.
Chen provides informative text and a recipe for Hot Pot at the end of the book.