My Chinatown: One Year in Poems

Written and Illustrated by Kam Mak

Overview: This is a poem about a little boy who left his hometown of Hong Kong and is now in America living in a Chinatown. This poem is separated into four sections, one for each season: winter, spring, summer, and fall. In each section, the little boy describes what he is doing during that time and how it is similar, but different from his life back in Hong Kong. From pickling kumquats to lighting paper lanterns, the little boy learns to love his new Chinatown when New Year's Day comes around.
This book uses a mixture of photographs and realistic drawings for the pictures. They take up full pages and display beautiful aspects of Chinese culture and celebrations. This is a longer book, but is helpful to gain insight into the spirit of Chinatown. I would recommend this to 4th-5th graders.

To order your own copy: https://www.amazon.com/My-Chinatown-One-Year-Poems/dp/0064437329/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512017384&sr=1-1&keywords=My+Chinatown%3A+One+Year+in+Poems

-The Green Eyed Reader

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