Lin, Grace. 2004. Fortune cookie fortunes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Opening fortune cookies with her family in a Chinese restaurant makes one little girl curious about whether the fortunes come true. Her sister doesn't think so but over the next few days it appears that they do some true, in some amazing ways. She begins to see the world through the fortunes she finds when she cracks open the cookies. Inside this bright colorful book are painterly illustrations, done in pen and watercolor. The theme is made dominant throughout with fortune cookies on the front and back covers. Fortunes are sprinked throughout the book (as if we have just been given an entire platter to open up all at once) and help us, as as the girl discovers, to "see the world in a different way". This delightful book also provides some history about the fortune cookie at the end. It would fit well in a multicultural collection and is recommended for children in PreK-3rd grade.
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