Watercress
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Holiday House,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents. |
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| Item Description: | "A Neal Porter Book." |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4 to 8. Grades K-1. |
| ISBN: | 9780823446247 0823446247 |
| Author Notes: | Jason Chin is a celebrated author and illustrator of children's books. His book Grand Canyon was awarded a Caldecott Honor, a Sibert Honor, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. He is the author and illustrator of Your Place in the Universe , which Kirkus called "A stimulating outing to the furthest reaches of our knowledge", as well as other acclaimed nonfiction titles-- Coral Reefs , Redwoods , Gravity , and Island: A Story of the Galapagos -- which have received numerous starred reviews and other accolades. He is also the illustrator of Stephanie Parsley Ledyard's debut title Pie Is for Sharing and Miranda Paul's Water is Water and Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born , the latter, a Boston Horn Globe Honor Book. He lives in Vermont with his wife and children. |
