Wishes
"In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8. Grades K-1. |
| ISBN: | 9781338305890 1338305891 |
| Author Notes: | Muon Thi Van is the author of many acclaimed picture books. From her debut, In a Village by the Sea ( 2015), to her latest, If You Want to Be a Butterfly (2023), her books have earned many distinctions, including a California Book Award, an Irma Black Honor, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Her recent book Wishes , with Victo Ngai, won the Margaret Wise Brown Prize and was named the #1 Best Picture Book of 2021 by BookPage . Her books have been translated into multiple languages, including Vietnamese, Nepali, Sepedi, and Tamil. Muon Thi Van lives and works in California. Victo Ngai is a Forbes 30 Under 30 (Art and Style) honoree and Society of Illustrators New York Gold Medalist. She provides illustrations for newspaper and magazines such as the New York Times and the New Yorker; creates storyboards and art for animations with studios like NBC and Dreamworks; and makes books for publishers such as Scholastic, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster. She lives in Los Angeles. Visit Victo at victo-ngai.com. |
