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Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire
by Susan Tan
Read Harder Challenge #22: A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
It's hard to assess children's books, because I'm not a child, nor a parent, nor even a children's librarian. At some point I started relating to the parents in children's books - especially, in this case, because Cilla is the half-Chinese daughter of a white mom and Chinese dad, and I am hoping to be the white mom of a half-Chinese kid at some point in the near-ish future.
Cilla is a delightful character, and I loved the descriptions of her family, especially her four grandparents. It reminded me a lot of [b:Anastasia Krupnik|116494|Anastasia Krupnik (Anastasia Krupnik, #1)|Lois Lowry|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1476942137s/116494.jpg|827585], except that Anastasia got to work out her feelings about her new baby sibling without also having to grapple with rude grownups questioning her racial identity and ignorant kids calling her food gross.
So I can't say for sure whether a child would enjoy this book, but I enjoyed it. Also, the illustrations are adorable.
It's hard to assess children's books, because I'm not a child, nor a parent, nor even a children's librarian. At some point I started relating to the parents in children's books - especially, in this case, because Cilla is the half-Chinese daughter of a white mom and Chinese dad, and I am hoping to be the white mom of a half-Chinese kid at some point in the near-ish future.
Cilla is a delightful character, and I loved the descriptions of her family, especially her four grandparents. It reminded me a lot of [b:Anastasia Krupnik|116494|Anastasia Krupnik (Anastasia Krupnik, #1)|Lois Lowry|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1476942137s/116494.jpg|827585], except that Anastasia got to work out her feelings about her new baby sibling without also having to grapple with rude grownups questioning her racial identity and ignorant kids calling her food gross.
So I can't say for sure whether a child would enjoy this book, but I enjoyed it. Also, the illustrations are adorable.