My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060291907 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Through Kam Mak's spare verse and richly detailed artwork, the streets of Chinatown come vividly alive.Chinatown—a place of dragons and dreams; fireflies and memoriesChinatown—full of wonder and magic; fireworks on New Year's Day and a delicious smell on every cornerChinatown—where every day brings something familiar and something wondrously new to a small boyChinatown—home?. Kam Mak grew up in a place of two cultures, one existing within the other. My Chinatown is a critically acclaimed, spectacularly illustrated picture book homage to family, culture, and a childhood spent in one of the most striking places in any city—Chinatown. Using extraordinarily beautiful paintings and moving poems, he shares a year of growing up in this small city within a city.My Chinatown explores a boy's first year in the United States—after emigrating from China—as he grows to love his new home in Chinatown through food, games, and the people surrounding him
Images and Sounds That Capture Both Longing for "Home" and Ethnic Pride gayle h. swift My Chinatown: A Year in Poems by Kam Mak will delight the eye and the ear. The imagery of the poems convey an appreciation for the energy and culture of Chinatown. Readers of any ethnicity will enjoy the boy's stroll through the fascinating and exotic city. He struggles to understand how he c. Brilliant Artwork and a Wonderful Story 'My Chinatown' is a beautiful book about a young boy who misses his old home in China and how he is slowly discovering his new neighborhood- Chinatown. The beautiful pictures in the book are bright and bold with simple prose to guide the reader on this young boys adventure. The book is broken. Stunning artwork celebrates Chinese-American culture Michael J. Mazza "My Chinatown: One Year in Poems," by Kam Mak, is a truly beautiful blend of poetry and visual artwork. The simple, straightforward poems tell about life in Chinatown for a young boy whose family has emigrated from Hong Kong to the United States. The poems are accompanied by richly colored il
From School Library Journal Grade 2-4-Children whose ideas about life in New York's Chinatown come solely from books about holiday celebrations will get a deeper glimpse from this former resident's solo debut. The distinctly personal voice and sensibility makes this a natural companion for the more community-conscious tour in William Low's Chinatown (Holt, 1997).John Peters, New York Public LibraryCopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. The mood is generally wistful, though brightened at the end by a New Year's lion float prancing int