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lannthacker's review against another edition
3.0
I read that this title is like Tan's The Arrival for children. An apt description.
kconway's review against another edition
This book is a really great book for children to work on making inferences with. It is a story about a young boy who moves to the city with his family. It is a wordless picture book that portrays the young boy's emotional journey. He is clearly very sad when he is moving and is having a very hard time understanding his surroundings, including the language. Though very different than what he is accustomed to, he begins to enjoy the colors and the sounds that he sees as he finds a new life in America.
This book is perfect for students to practice making inferences. It is another story of a child's journey their own age in which they can try to understand their feelings. I loved the illustrations and thought it was really neat way to tell the story.
This book is perfect for students to practice making inferences. It is another story of a child's journey their own age in which they can try to understand their feelings. I loved the illustrations and thought it was really neat way to tell the story.
bookjockeybeth's review against another edition
4.0
Great wordless book that invites the reader to experience what it is like to move to a new country for the first time. Would be good for children just moving into a new place (or country!) and could also be paired with other immigrant experiences, such as [b:The Arrival|920607|The Arrival|Shaun Tan|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312827620s/920607.jpg|905641] or [b:Step From Heaven|463780|A Step from Heaven|An Na|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1309201637s/463780.jpg|2043867]. Highly recommended.
ARC supplied by publisher via NetGalley
ARC supplied by publisher via NetGalley
moviebuffkt's review against another edition
4.0
beautiful wordless picture book about the immigration experience. a boy moves to the u.s. with his family and is overwhelmed by the foreignness of his new life. he has brought a seed with him from home, and eventually plants the roots of a new life of sharing with friends.
bernee's review against another edition
Great author's note at the back of the book.
beths0103's review
5.0
A young child moves from his own country to New York City, still clinging to a seed that reminds him of home. When he loses the seed out his window, suddenly, he begins exploring his neighborhood in search of what he lost, eventually finding a new friend.
What a beautiful message of being open to the wonder and beauty around you, even when it's new and difficult to understand. As Patti Kim asks in the author's note at the end of the book: What happens to us when we forget to be afraid?
What a beautiful message of being open to the wonder and beauty around you, even when it's new and difficult to understand. As Patti Kim asks in the author's note at the end of the book: What happens to us when we forget to be afraid?
rc211's review against another edition
This book without words is amazing. It tells a story and coveys its message just using illustrations which makes this book wonderful. who needs language to understanding the story when there are body expressions as well as facial & emotional expressions which can help you creat the storyline and feeling of the characters envolved
crystal_reading's review
5.0
Review copy from Netgalley
I am quickly becoming a fan of wordless picture books. There is so much that can be expressed through the illustrations when they are well done. If a reader did miss the point though, in this particular book, there is an explanation at the end. It tells how the author was also an immigrant and experienced the same types of things as the main character.
This is a beautiful book. The illustrations do a fantastic job of showing how overwhelming it could be to shift to a new country, but also how stepping out can be difficult, but rewarding. You can feel the emotions throughout the book along with the main character as he rides this roller coaster of change.
I am looking forward to adding this one to our library. We have many students who can relate to the immigrant story, but I think that children of any background have experienced changes in their lives that have thrown them off center for a time. This is a book that will speak to many.
Originally reviewed at Reading Through Life http://readingtl.blogspot.com/2013/10/tuesday-trailer.html
I am quickly becoming a fan of wordless picture books. There is so much that can be expressed through the illustrations when they are well done. If a reader did miss the point though, in this particular book, there is an explanation at the end. It tells how the author was also an immigrant and experienced the same types of things as the main character.
This is a beautiful book. The illustrations do a fantastic job of showing how overwhelming it could be to shift to a new country, but also how stepping out can be difficult, but rewarding. You can feel the emotions throughout the book along with the main character as he rides this roller coaster of change.
I am looking forward to adding this one to our library. We have many students who can relate to the immigrant story, but I think that children of any background have experienced changes in their lives that have thrown them off center for a time. This is a book that will speak to many.
Originally reviewed at Reading Through Life http://readingtl.blogspot.com/2013/10/tuesday-trailer.html
mat_tobin's review against another edition
5.0
Based on the true story of the author who moved from Busan, Korea to the USA forty years previously, this is a wordless picturebook which follows the transition and change that a young boy goes through as he emigrates from his home to a foreign country. The illustrations are incredibly clever and beautifully put together. I enjoyed how Kim uses colour and tone to depict the boy's feelings and frustrations and she also shows the world as frustrating and overwhelming at the start in much the same way Tan does [b:The Arrival|920607|The Arrival|Shaun Tan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1312827620s/920607.jpg|905641].
It is the book's honesty that it welcoming. The transition is hard and quite upsetting to the young boy and could be a very valuable book for others who have undergone the same transition as well as supporting peers to see the world from their perspective.
It is the book's honesty that it welcoming. The transition is hard and quite upsetting to the young boy and could be a very valuable book for others who have undergone the same transition as well as supporting peers to see the world from their perspective.
dorayang's review against another edition
4.0
I found this book relatable on a basic level as an immigrant myself, however I found some parts quite sad: mainly the fact that the little boy had to (symbolically) lose his original culture in order to start enjoy his new surroundings in America.
I really liked that it doesn't have any words. I found it very unique and it provides different ways that people could interpret it!
I really liked that it doesn't have any words. I found it very unique and it provides different ways that people could interpret it!