Grandfather's Story Cloth = Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg
CCBC Review:
Chersheng is hurt that his beloved grandfather no longer remembers who he is all the time and speaks of wanting to go “home,” back to Laos. When Chersheng’s mother gets out the story cloth Grandfather made while at a refugee camp in Thailand, the older man sits down with Chersheng and relates the story told in the cloth: of his family’s life in Laos, of the coming of soldiers and war, and their flight to Thailand. There the story shown in the cloth ends, inspiring Chersheng, who loves art, to pick up its thread. Using paper, scissors and glue, he creates a story collage of “your American memories” for his grandfather—memories that include Chersheng and his brother and all that their family is today. A bilingual (English/Hmong) picture book sensitively weaves a child’s feelings about a grandparent’s Alzheimer’s Disease with his family’s history of coming to the United States. The lengthy picture book narrative is illustrated with tender scenes of family life and images of the story cloth. ©2008 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Stuart Loughridge
CCBC Age Recommendation: 6-10
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Art and Artists
Bilingual Books
Grandfathers
Hmong People
Illness and Disease
Memory
Refugees
Diversity subject:
Asian
Publisher:
Shen's
Publish Year: 2008
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781885008343
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Gerdner