PICTURE BOOKS
Lewis, Rose

Orange Peel's Pocket

(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.

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