![]() ![]() ![]() A distinctive story that weaves together threads of family life, community and culture, the natural world, and the power of stories. Carolrhoda, 17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5415-3836-8 Yang ( The Song Poet for adults), a Hmong writer making her picture book debut. Though age separates them, Paj Ntaub’s accounting of everyday details reaches Bob-and gives voice to the child’s experience, too. 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. A Map into the World Kao Kalia Yang, illus. When Ruth dies in the winter, and Paj Ntaub notices Bob grieving come spring, she chalks a wealth of previously regarded details on his driveway-“a map into the world,” she explains. debut, draws all the things that Paj Ntaub sees: gingko leaves (“yellow like apricots”), winter snow, a worm. In lovingly detailed spreads, Kim, making her U.S. ![]() When her twin baby brothers cry too loudly, her father takes her outside, where they wave to their elderly neighbors, Bob and Ruth. Young Paj Ntaub (both a girl’s name and a term that nods to needlework tellings of Hmong experiences) moves with her family to a green house and helps to hang their story cloth “about how the Hmong got to America” on the wall. Yang ( The Song Poet for adults), a Hmong writer making her picture book debut, offers a story about a girl who notices things. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |