The Lotus Seed [Hardcover]

Sherry Garland (Author), Tatsuro Kiuchi (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Demco Media; Reprint edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606115811
• ISBN-13: 978-0606115810
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,315,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sherry Garland is the award-winning author of twenty-eight books for children, teenagers and adults. Several of her books focus on the Vietnamese culture due to her close friendships with Vietnamese families. As a fifth generation Texan, she also sets many of her books in the Lone Star State. She especially likes to write historical works. For more information, visit her website: www.sherrygarland.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Yet Great Story!, August 16, 2000

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Paul Martin (Waukesha, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lotus Seed (Hardcover)

This story is easy for young children to understand and is good enough for them to ask for repeat readings, again and again. It contains a few factors that make for a great childrens book. It's relatively short, the illustrations are exceptional, it's easy to understand and it's a compelling story.

Follow the life of Ba, a young Veitnamese girl, who collects a lotus seed from the imperial garden of her emperor to serve as a momento of a time in her childhood. She takes the seed with her through her tumultous life, as she grows, and moves to a new country, and to a new life. The seed seems to serve as a symbol of her past and her endurance.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully sentimental., January 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lotus Seed (Hardcover)

An exceptional story with outstanding illustration. A girl wanting something to remember the Emperor by takes a seed from a lotus pod from the Imperial Garden. Throughout all of the trials and changes in her life she cherishes that seed until one day it is taken and planted by her grandson. Finally it grows to be beautiful and strong, "It is the flower of life and hope, no matter how ugly the mud or how long the seed lies dormant, the bloom will be beautiful. It is the flower of my country." A superb book that looks at families and Vietnamese culture. (explained further in author's note)

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gentle and Lovingly Written, December 10, 2003

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S. Lenz "Stacey" (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lotus Seed (Paperback)

The pictures are lovely and the story is simple, yet eloquent. My own daughter was born whilst I was living oversees. I like to choose books that have a universal (mind expanding) appeal, or that tell a unique story from a far away land, or teach us about tradition. I would recommend this to anyone with small children that want to forego the tradtional fairy tale night time reads.