On the surface this appears to be a story about a girl learning to use her first set of chopsticks, but there's much more to it than that. It's much more a story about finding your own path, and the fact that there is often more than one right way to do things.

Maggie gets advice from everyone in her family on how to properly use her chopsticks, but none of their ways work for her. The descriptions were fabulous. My kids (age 4 and 6) enjoyed the story and illustrations. They particularly liked that not only did Maggie find a way that worked for her, but that her dad encouraged her and told her that her way was just fine.