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When Emma sets out to make a cookie family with her Grandma, the happy afternoon suddenly turns sad. The cookies are meant to look like her family, but hers is the only one with licorice hair and eyes. She doesn’t look like the others; does that mean she doesn’t belong?
In gentle text, Deborah Hodge tells the story of one small girl’s adoption: the hopes and prayers of her Canadian parents, their trip to the other side of the world, their meeting with the new baby, and the very long ride home to the new family waiting for Emma
Thousands of baby girls from China have been adopted by North American families. Although this lovely book tells the story of one such little girl, it is about much more than the logistics of adoption. It is about the many ways in which we can come together to form a family.
In gentle text, Deborah Hodge tells the story of one small girl’s adoption: the hopes and prayers of her Canadian parents, their trip to the other side of the world, their meeting with the new baby, and the very long ride home to the new family waiting for Emma
Thousands of baby girls from China have been adopted by North American families. Although this lovely book tells the story of one such little girl, it is about much more than the logistics of adoption. It is about the many ways in which we can come together to form a family.
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Deborah Hodge is an award-winning author of many books for children. Emma Comes Home is her first work of fiction. She is a former elementary school teacher and curriculum writer, editor, and instructional designer for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. Deborah Hodge lives in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Song Nan Zhang was born in Shanghai, China and studied at China’s leading art college, the Beijing Central Institute of Fine Arts. He also studied at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Song Nan Zhang has illustrated several books for Tundra. He now lives with his wife in Montreal.
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Song Nan Zhang was born in Shanghai, China and studied at China’s leading art college, the Beijing Central Institute of Fine Arts. He also studied at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Song Nan Zhang has illustrated several books for Tundra. He now lives with his wife in Montreal.
PreSchool-Grade 2-Emma Li Ming, who was born in China, is happily ensconced in her new home in North America. But as she and her brother make cookies to resemble their family, she is dismayed that hers is the only one decorated with raisins and black licorice for eyes and hair, in contrast to her fairer relatives. When she comments, "I want to look like everyone else," her affectionate grandma suggests that they read the story of Emma's adoption as a reminder of the great joy and happiness that she has brought to their family. Grandma counsels that "It's not how we look that makes us a family, Emma. It's how we love each other." While the story is sweet and the sentiments noble, the overall feel of the narrative is forced, slightly pedantic, and overlong. The visuals also fall short. The backgrounds in many of the color illustrations are lovely, but the figures appear lifeless and wooden. The typeface is somewhat small and crowded into the book's design. Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki's The White Swan Express (Clarion, 2002) and Rose Lewis's I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Little, Brown, 2000) are more successful treatments of this topic.
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Rosalyn Pierini, San Luis Obispo City-County Library, CA
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- PublisherTundra Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0887766323
- ISBN 13 9780887766329
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages24
- IllustratorZhang Song Nan
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