Mama and Papa Have a Store
This distinctive autobiographical picture book features a Chinese immigrant family living in Guatemala City. Told from the point of view of their youngest daughter, the story centers on all the activity in and around the family's busy store on a typical day. Aspects of the family's Chinese heritage are interwoven with cultural details relating to their new home in Guatemala; the brightly colored Chinese thread the family sells, for example, is popular with Mayan weavers, who take a bus from their village far away to shop in the Chinese store. Carling's detailed watercolor paintings give a good sense of life in on a bustling city street in Central America, as well as the specifics of little Amelia's family life. ©1998 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Formats:
Biography, Autobiography and Memoir
Picture book
Subjects:
Chinese and Chinese Americans
City Life
Families
Immigration and Immigrants
Work and Labor
Diversity subjects:
Asian
Latine
Publisher:
Dial
Publish Year: 1998
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0803720440
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Carling