《给皇帝的礼物》以小主人公在睡梦中穿越时空，帮助男孩向皇帝进献礼物的故事，讲述了中国饺子的形状、制作方法等。梅梅从澳大利亚来到了住在北京四合院的奶奶家，休息时迷迷糊糊睡着了，回到了古代，在野外看见一个男孩在哭，问询后得知皇帝要求各家各户献礼。男孩家里贫困，没钱买像样的礼物，全家一筹莫展。梅梅跟男孩回家，教其家人包了饺子作为礼物。皇帝品尝后大为赞赏，喜欢上了形状像金元宝一样的饺子。|A Present for the Emperor introduces the shape of the Chinese dumplings and their production methods with a story of Mei Mei who went through time and space in sleep and helped a family to present gifts to the emperor. Mei Mei came from Australia to her grandmother's house which is a Siheyuan in Beijing. She rested in bed and fell asleep when she returned to ancient times and saw a boy crying in the wild. Mei Mei learned that the emperor had asked families to present gifts. But the boy's family was too poor to buy a decent gift. Mei Mei went home with the boy and taught his family to make dumplings as a gift. The Emperor was very pleased after tasting the dumplings. He loved these dumplings shaped like gold ingots!