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Loading... A Map into the World (edition 2019)by Kao Kalia Yang (Author), Seo Kim (Illustrator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The illustrations in this book are wonderful and fully embrace the joys that this book can bring. ( ) This book is about a little girl who experiences gardening with her grandmother when her little brothers are babies, and drawing for her neighbor when his wife passes away. This book has beautiful illustrations and would be great for incorporating families with a diverse culture and history into the classroom. This book would be appropriate for intermediate readers. Read at the Carle Museum A young Hmong-American girl moves into a new house with her pregnant mother, father, and grandmother; their neighbors are an elderly white couple, Bob and Ruth. Over the course of a year, the seasons change: summer brings the birth of twin baby boys, and winter brings Ruth's death. The girl and her family go over to Bob's house and the girl asks to chalk his driveway, drawing "A map into the world. Just in case you need it" to help her grieving neighbor. A heart-wrenching story of intergenerational, cross-cultural friendship. Illustrations created digitally with digital graphite, pastels, watercolors, and scanned handmade textures. Endpapers show the special "story cloth" showing how the Hmong got to America that Paj Ntaub hangs with her grandmother, Tais Tais no reviews | add a review
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Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American girl, spends a busy year with her family in their new home, and seeks a way to share the beauty of the world with a grieving neighbor. No library descriptions found. |
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