By Yong Chen http://www.yongchen.com/
2009 Boyds Mills Press, Pennsylvania
ISBN 10987654321
Annotation
It is Chinese New Year and Amy and her mother are far from family in China. This is the time Amy's mother becomes sad about being far away, but a story and a gift sent from home bring China to them during the New Year.
Personal Reaction
This is a short and simple book but it has a load of wonderful imagery of Chinese family life in both America and China. The way it talks about immigration, and missing family that children might never know is touching. The gift of a carved dragon from a stone found by Amy's uncle and sent to young Amy feels like a token of both the Chinese culture, and embodying sentiment felt by her mother and homage to her childhood. The illustrations take up two pages and are the element that make this story rich enough for older youth.
Water Color
Children's Core Collection
Chinese New Year
China/Chinese Americans
Immigration
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