Doors to the World - Korea

My Name Is Yoon

dnoto — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:05:43 +0000

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My Name is Yoon is a beautifully rendered picture book depicting a Korean child who has left her native home and immigrated to America. She is struggling with the cultural differences. This is evidenced by Yoon’s resistance to writing the English version of her name.

At the beginning of the book, Yoon is given a phonetic spelling of her Korean name in English. Although her dad reassures her that the English version of her name still keeps its original meaning of “shining wisdom”, Yoon dislikes it because it loses the uniqueness of her Korean name. Yoon can see in her Korean name the symbols dancing together, reminding her of the life she left behind in Korea. In her English name she sees the letters each standing alone with no connections to each other, symbolizing her current feelings.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux

ISBN#:

9781250057112

Author:

Helen Recorvits

Illustrator:

Gabi Swiatkowska

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English

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North America

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https://us.macmillan.com/fsg/

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The Green Frogs

dnoto — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:42:16 +0000

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Two little green frogs live with their mother by a lotus pond. The sons always do the opposite of what their mother tells them to do. Their mother uses reverse psychology and doesn’t provide consequences for their negative actions. As the frogs grow older they continue to disobey and do the opposite of what their mother says, up until her death. Prior to the mother frog’s death, she uses reverse psychology when planning her burial spot. This idea backfires as the frog sons finally do as they are told, with dire consequences for the mother. There are lessons to be learned for both parents and children. The folktale also explains why frogs cry out in the rain.

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Houghton Mifflin Company

ISBN#:

9780618432288

Author:

Yumi Heo

Illustrator:

Yumi Heo

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English

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Asia and the Pacific

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Korea

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http://www.hmhco.com/

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Juna’s Jar

srlombard — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:33:40 +0000

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Juna and her best friend, Hector, love to go on adventures in the park, collecting things to put in Juna’s empty kimchi jars. But then one day Hector unexpectedly moves away, and Juna is left wondering who will play with her. With the help of her special jar, Juna searches for her friend the world over. What Juna finds is that adventure—and new friends—can be found in the most unexpected places.

Winner of Lee & Low’s New Voices Award, Juna’s Jar is a heartwarming and whimsical celebration of friendship and the power of imagination.

Source: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/2867

Publisher:

Lee & Low Books

ISBN#:

978-160060853

Author:

Jane Park

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Felicia Hoshino

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Bee-bim Bop!

srlombard — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:27:37 +0000

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A wonderful paperback picture book about the joys of family and food, from Newbery Award winning author Linda Sue Park.

Bee-bim bop ("mix-mix rice") is a traditional Korean dish. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells of helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and sitting down to enjoy a favorite meal. The enthusiasm of the narrartor is conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean-American family. The book includes Linda Sue’s own bee-bim bop recipe!

Source: http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/BeeBim-Bop/9780547076713#productInfo

Publisher:

HMH Books for Young Readers

ISBN#:

978-054707671

Author:

Linda Sue Park

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Ho Baek Lee

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Asia and the Pacific

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Korea

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