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Title: Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook-Nyul Choi ISBN: 0-395-61626-3 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 27 September, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Touching
Comment: Perhaps the best aspect of this book is the obvious love between Yunmi and her Halmoni (grandmother). When Halmoni makes kimbap (a labor-intensive traditional Korean food), it is a labor of love for the Korean-American granddaughter she does not always understand. When Yunmi calls hello to her teacher on the street, Halmoni worries that her granddaughter is showing disrespect. In Halmoni's time and culture, a little girl should not attract a teacher's attention. In Yunmi's society, such a greeting is not only respectful but friendly. Although Halmoni's sadness is resolved a little too easily (is it realistic that small school-children would happily eat seaweed?), the children's innocent acceptance and validation of Halmoni is a beautiful example to other Korean-American families struggling to fit into predominantly Caucasian America. A little girl learns to be proud of her grandmother and heritage.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a great children's book!
Comment: The text and illustrations are good, I think books such as these are hard to come by. Rarely is there a book which deals with generation/culture gaps as well as My Halmoni and the Picnic. It was sensitive, touching and very rewarding to read. Whether one is Korean or not, the book weaves the importance of the relationship we as people should have with our grandmothers (or grandfathers) and how much we can learn from the wisdom and experience.
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Title: Dear Juno by Soyung Pak, Susan Kathleen Hartung ISBN: 0670882526 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: My Name Is Yoon (Ezra Jack Keats New Illustraor Award, 2004) by Helen Recorvits, Gabriela Swiatkowska ISBN: 0374351147 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Count Your Way Through Korea (Count Your Way) by Jim Haskins, Dennis Hockerman ISBN: 0876145160 Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi ISBN: 037580613X Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong by Frances Park, Ginger Park, Yangsook Choi ISBN: 0792279859 Publisher: National Geographic Society Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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