Muon Van

Dedham's AANHPI Heritage Month List (Children's Titles)

Publisher

Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Appears on list

Description

"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"--

2) I love you because I love you

Author

Publisher

Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

Description

"Author Mượn Thị Văn and Stonewall Book Award-winning artist Jessica Love detail all the big and small reasons why we love the people we do within a call-and-response picture book that features families across the spectrum"--

3) The shape of you

Author

Publisher

Kids Can Press

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

Description

""The shape of the earth is a sphere." So begins The Shape of You, as a mother tells her toddler daughter about the shapes that make up their lives--and the reader is invited into their cosy world. There's the triangle hill their house is on, the square of their kitchen table, the cubes of ice in their drinks... There's also the shape of light (all the colours of the sunset) and the shape of the wind (a scarf flapping). As the shapes transmute from...

4) If you were night

Author

Publisher

Kids Can Press

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Description

"From the award-winning author of One Is a Lot and Village by the Sea comes a beautifully written, playful and dreamlike story about night creatures and their activities. With its lyrical and sensory narrative, and exquisitely detailed paper-cut illustrations, If You Were Night will entice readers' imaginations, encourage observation and spark curiosity. A wonderful read-aloud that ties in well with primary grade lessons about the natural world, but...

5) If You Want to Be a Butterfly

Author

Language

English

Description

An innovative exploration of a butterfly's life cycle - in reverse. "If you want to be a butterfly, then arise, unfurl and welcome the waiting world," begins this book's narrator. Readers will flit from flower to flower with an adorable butterfly ... hold on tight with a chrysalis through all sorts of weather ... munch away with a greedy little caterpillar ... sit very, very still and dream big with a teeny tiny egg. It's a magical journey back...

6) One Is a Lot (Except When It's Not)

Author

Language

English

Description

A lyrical look at numbers, with a philosophical twist! 2 is a little. 0 is nothing. 1 is not enough. But, sometimes … 1 sun is a lot. 1 dog is a lot. 2 can even be too much. And when it comes to rain clouds, 0 is perfect. It's curious, but true. It all depends on what you're counting! How many is enough? In this unique picture book, children will discover a different way to appreciate numbers.

7) The Shape of You

Author

Language

English

Description

A thoughtful and unique meditation on the shapes found in everyday life. A mother tells her daughter about the shapes that make up their lives. At first, they are literal shapes. The shape of their door is a rectangle, their table, a square. Water can be shaped like a cube or a cloud. Then, she moves into the figurative. The shape of learning is a question. The shape of warmth is a space waiting to be filled. Some shapes change, like a child growing...

8) If You Were Night

Author

Language

English

Description

A dreamlike, evocative exploration of the natural world at night. If you were night and you saw the moon tiptoe past your window, would you nestle under the covers? Or would you step outside to follow it? What if you felt a tail brush your ankle, would you freeze? Or skitter away? And if you saw an owl swoop from a branch, would you hide? Or join the hunt? The child in these pages chooses adventure, and thrillingly experiences a night like no other. A...