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40 pp.
| Lee |
March, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-58430-275-9$17.95
(2)
K-3
Japanese American Hiromi tags along to the fish market with her restaurant-owner dad. Despite tradition, he eventually lets her apprentice with him to become a sushi chef; an author's note tells us that in 1998 Hiromi Suzuki became one of the first female sushi chefs in New York. Hiromi's narration conveys her enthusiasm, and the muted ink-and-watercolor illustrations are spare but expressive. Glos.