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This Is Our House
“This is the house where my grandparents arrived from far away with just two suitcases in hand.” It’s the house where the young narrator’s mother was born, took her first steps, and shared a room with her brothers. It has the kitchen where her grandmother made her mother’s favorite soup, and the front door her mother left through on her way to college. It’s where the young narrator’s parents lived when they got married, and it’s the house she herself is growing up in now, where she took her first steps and eats same kind of soup her mother ate as a child. Family and traditions across the generations are the focus of a comforting picture book full of small details of the kinds of things that have special meaning within a family. Three generations of the family are shown living together at story’s end: the grandparents, the parents, and the young girl telling the story. Hyewon Yum’s thoughtful and observant picture book narrative is paired with soothing illustrations that include a full-page image and one representing a scrapbook photograph. ©2014 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Hyewon Yum
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Asian Americans
Families
Immigration and Immigrants
Koreans and Korean Americans
Traditions
Diversity subject:
Asian
Publishers:
Farrar Straus Giroux, Frances Foster Books
Publish Year: 2013
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780374374877
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Yum