The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Look, Lenore

Love as Strong as Ginger

32 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | May, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-689-81248-5 $$15.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. Katie wants to be like her Chinese grandma, who works cracking crab at the local factory, but GninGnin has higher expectations for her. The dignity of GninGnin's labor shines through the simple words, while the food she cooks becomes a pungent metaphor--crab "made with love as strong as ginger and dreams as thick as black-bean paste." The small, square pastel and watercolor illustrations reflect the tone of quiet celebration.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 1999