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Watercress  Cover Image Book Book

Watercress / Andrea Wang ; illustrated by Jason Chin.

Wang, Andrea, (author.). Chin, Jason, 1978- (illustrator.).

Summary:

Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780823446247
  • ISBN: 0823446247
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Holiday House, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Neal Porter Book."
Target Audience Note:
Ages 4 to 8. Holiday House.
Grades K-1. Holiday House.
Subject: Watercress > Juvenile fiction.
Harvesting > Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Ohio > Juvenile fiction.
Ohio > Juvenile fiction.
Watercress > Fiction.
Harvesting > Fiction.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Family life > Ohio > Fiction.
Ohio > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.
JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food.
Chinese Americans.
Families.
Harvesting.
Watercress.
Ohio.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Family life > Ohio > Fiction.
Picture books for children.
Watercress > Fiction.
Ohio > Fiction.
Genre: Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Picture books.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Hospice of the Northwest Library System.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Hospice of the Northwest Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library E WANG 39851001598045 Picture Books – Recurring Characters (Light Purple) Available -
Burlington Public Library WL WANG #8 39851001736116 Picture Books – World Languages (Orange) Available -
La Conner Regional Library EASY FIC WANG 110225 CHILDREN Available -
Sedro-Woolley Library KIDS PICTURE WANG WATERC 2021 20120001052250 Kids Explore Available -
Upper Skagit Library WAN 1010028 Picture Books Available -

Andrea Wang is the award-winning author of The Nian Monster and Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando. She was inspired to write Watercress by her experience growing up in rural Ohio as a child of Chinese immigrants. Andrea holds an M.S. in Environmental Science and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for Young People. She lives in Colorado with her family.

Jason Chin is a celebrated author and illustrator of children's books. His book Grand Canyon was awarded a Caldecott Honor, a Sibert Honor, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. He is the author and illustrator of Your Place in the Universe, which Kirkus called "A stimulating outing to the furthest reaches of our knowledge", as well as other acclaimed nonfiction titles--Coral Reefs, Redwoods, Gravity, and Island: A Story of the Galapagos-- which have received numerous starred reviews and other accolades. He is also the illustrator of Stephanie Parsley Ledyard's debut title Pie Is for Sharing and Miranda Paul's Water is Water and Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born, the latter, a Boston Horn Globe Honor Book. He lives in Vermont with his wife and children.


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