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32 pp.
| Abrams |
April, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8109-8394-6$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Grace Zong.
Classmates ask Orange Peel (a nickname) questions about her birth country, China. To find the answers, she consults Chinese American adults (e.g., the neighborhood tailor, flower-shop woman, and ice-cream parlor owner). With their help--including objects they secretly slip into her pocket--Orange Peel speaks confidently about China during show-and-tell. The bubbly acrylic paintings juxtapose Orange Peel's neighborhood with a rural Chinese landscape.