ISBN: 9781338305890
Editorial: Orchard Books
Autor: Van, Muon Thi
Año de edición: 2021
Edición: 1
N° Páginas: 40
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: An arresting, poetic journey and a moving reflection on immigration, family, and home, from an acclaimed creative team.Wishes tells the powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on one of the youngest members of the family. Inspired by actual events in the author's life, this is a narrative that is both timely and timeless. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the story chronicles a family's difficult and powerful journey to pack up what they can carry and to leave their world behind, traveling to a new and unknown place in a crowded boat. With sparse, poetic, and lyrical text from acclaimed author Mượn Thị Văn, thoughtful back matter about the author's connection to the story, and luminous, stunning illustrations from Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Victo Ngai, Wishes tells a powerful and timely story in a gentle and approachable way for young children and their families.Wishes is a must-have book for every child's bookshelf. Críticas A Junior Library Guild selectionPraise for Wishes: * A seamless interweaving of elegant prose and atmospheric art marks this affecting immigrant narrative. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review* This story of escape makes refugees' experiences more lucid and will summon deep feeling from readers. --Booklist, starred review* A superb, beautifully moving collaboration of text and illustration. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review* This rich and nuanced tale illuminates the closely held wishes of refugees the world over. It's unforgettable. -- BookPage, starred reviewThe personal story combined with the pitch perfect storytelling and jaw-dropping art means that this book is special. Its story may be set in the past, but its message cannot age or decay. Find a child, read it to them, and count yourselves lucky that both they and you have been allowed to experience this story together. -- Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal's A Fuse #8 ProductionA poignant, poetic ode...hopeful and moving picture book. --Parents MagazineBeautifully illustrated, a book like WISHES gives your deepest sorrows, biggest fears, and dearest hopes a magic container, one you can slide across the table or open together in bed, and let it speak volumes for you in just a few words. -- Thi Bui, author of National Book Award winner The Best We Could Doand illustrator of Caldecott Honor winner A Different Pond"A gorgeous story capturing the refugee immigrant experience." -- Kelly Yang, New York Times bestselling author of the Front Desk seriesA heart-wrenching journey captured via the wishes of the light, the night, a dream, the sea, and more. A universal story of leaving and arriving and remembering, illuminated by wistful and lush illustrations. Most ancestors have taken this journey during one century or another. WISHES encapsulates our commonality, our humanity, our wish for safety for ourselves and our families." --Pam Muñoz Ryan, author of Mañanalandand the Newbery Honor Book, Echo."WISHES is an exquisite and emotive offering that deepens our understanding of migration. Van and Ngai together have given the world a luminescent story of human longing for safety and home." -- Aida Salazar, author of the NCTE Notable Poetry and Verse Novel Award winner, The Moon Withinand Jane Addams Peace Award finalist, The Land of Cranes"It is incredible how you can say so much with so little. Like a perfect marriage, the words and pictures of WISHES complete each other, bringing the reader along an epic journey full of experiences and emotions within just 17 spreads and 75 words. I was immediately moved to tears. --Yuko Shimizu, illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book, The Cat Man of Aleppo"Powerful, hopeful, and timely." --The Fan Brothers, creators ofThe Night Gardenerand When Ocean Meets Sky"This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen. A ma
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Van, Muon Thi
- Editorial: Orchard Books
- N° Paginas: 40
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
