This is a great book for discussion for kids of all ages. A two-time Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist, Bao Phi has appeared on HBO Presents Russell Simmons Def Poetry, featured in the live performances and taping of the blockbuster diasporic Vietnamese variety show Paris By Night 114: Tôi Là Người Việt Nam, and a poem of his appeared in the 2006 Best American Poetry anthology. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Originally this was to be a gift, but I'm not going for #3, so I"ll just keep the book to read to children in my family. His poems and essays are widely published in numerous publications including Screaming Monkeys and Spoken Word Revolution Redux. The story itself is about a child who goes fishing with dad in the mornings before the parents go off to work. Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018. As child ages, reading this story year after year, his/her understanding of what this book is about will only deepen and grow. Thank you to the authors of this book. While I think the latter is necessary and can be found in many other works, this work adheres to a personal story where we absorb many positive messages about family values, acceptance and equality without being told to do so. Firenze's Light: A Children's Book about Gratitude, Compassion and Self-Appreciation. The pictures are beautiful. The illustrations were rendered with depth and a quiet, moving emotion. Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018. In 2017, Phi and illustrator, Thi Bui, released a children's book with Capstone Publishers titled A Different Pond, which earned the prestigious Caldecott Honor. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. A Different Pond is a 2017 children's picture book by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui. My sons love this book. From the perspective of a young boy, observing his place in his family and his countries. Mariama - diferente pero igual (Mariama - Different But Just the Same) (Spanish Edi... Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains (A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book), My Magical Choices (The Magic of Me Series), My Magical Gifts (The Magic of Me Series). Though the trip is a bonding experience, it is also a multi-layered journey where the boy gains insight into what his father has lost as a Vietnamese refugee and his struggles as a man working two jobs to support his family in Minneapolis. A Different Pond by Bao Phi and Thi Bui. As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father's long … A Vietnamese American boy’s predawn fishing outing with his dad is the subject... read more. Encourage readers to embrace all that is unique about them, inside and out! The book received positive reviews and appeared on … Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Bui's cinematic illustrations make use of panels and weighted lines, evoking the perfect background or facial expression for each piece of text. After they return home, triumphant, with a bucket of fish, the boy contemplates his role as the youngest in the family—no longer a baby—and even though he is sad that both his parents have to work, he knows there will be a happy, love-filled family dinner later that night. Give this and thousands of kid-friendly books with. Thi Bui's striking, evocative art paired with Phi's expertly crafted prose has earned this powerful picture books six starred reviews and numerous awards. Bui's detailed illustrations allowed Phi to remove elements of the prose. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. A short story of his, Revolution Shuffle, appeared in the anthology Octavia’s Brood: Stories from Social Justice Movements, AK Press, 2015, and an essay of his was included in the anthology A Good Time for the Truth, edited by Sun Yung Shin, Minnesota Historical Society Press. Phi tackles his story with such poetic, truthful language, my very verbal toddler and I are longing for more and I know this story will grow with us for several more years. It's a quiet yet powerful book with beautiful illustrations. I love the way this book interweaves issues around diversity, culture and immigration throughout the story without grabbing onto platitudes or morals. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam. VERDICT This gentle coming-of-age story is filled with loving, important aspects of the immigrant experience and is a first purchase for all libraries.—Anna Haase Krueger, Ramsey County Library, MN, STARRED REVIEW Graphic novel panels and strong figures give the pages the air of a documentary as Phi celebrates an unexpected superhero: a father who endures a strange new culture, works to support his family, cherishes time with his son, and draws no attention to the sacrifices he's made. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2017. Let's start a conversation about diversity and kindness because every child is unique and deserves to be celebrated for the individual that they are. So much beyond the action is conveyed through beautifully weighted sentences (“I feel the bag of minnows move. Please try your request again later. A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children's book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. The book tells the story of a boy and his father going fishing. The quiet time together provides opportunities for the man to talk about his past life fishing with his brother in a different pond in Vietnam, long ago before the war and before coming to America.

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