A Different Pond

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Call Number: E PHI, R Caldecott Honor 2018, Kids Book / Picture Books / Family / Phi, Bao
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E PHI	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E PHI	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E PHI	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E PHI	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E PHI	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout	R Caldecott Honor 2018	0-week checkout	Library Use Only
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Family / Phi, Bao	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Family / Phi, Bao	4-week checkout	Due 04-26-2024
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Family / Phi, Bao	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Family / Phi, Bao	4-week checkout	Due 05-03-2024
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Family / Phi, Bao	4-week checkout	Due 04-27-2024

"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"-- Provided by publisher.

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An immigrant family submitted by hadleysnicole on June 26, 2018, 8:17am A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children’s book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees. The story is mainly about Bao and his father’s trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything has an expense. It’s a simple read for young children and the illustrations keep their interest. The book has a graphic novel feel to it and has an artsy appearance.

A young boy wakes early in the morning, on a weekend day, to join his father for a couple of hours for fishing in a pond nearby. The time spent together is an opportunity to share life stories, especially from the ‘old country’, but also short remarks about life.

Both the writer and the illustrator were born in Vietnam and arrived in the USA following the civil war, and one can seize the nostalgy after a world they don’t necessarily know but was created through adults stories and memories. In a couple of words, and powerful simple images, a story about longing, hard life and first generation of immigrants was created, which can help us, the readers, regardless our age, to better understand the feeling of displacement and the need to stay connected with your roots, especially in a dramatically new environment. Children and adults need to nurture the memories of home and it is the power of story to invoke emotions and remember the past.

One of the major themes of the story is his father’s hard-working nature, something we’re introduced to at the very beginning, when the young boy tells us his dad has been up for hours preparing their food and packing the car. Only a few pages later we learn they’re leaving so early because his father has taken a second job.

Sweet and simple submitted by dntanzer on August 29, 2019, 8:19am This is a lovely little children's book that brings up the topic of immigration. The art is gorgeous and the story is easy and beautiful.