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K-Gr 2—This gorgeous tale about a father/son fishing trip shows the interconnectedness of family and the inexorable way that generational history impacts the present. The story is told from the boy's perspective, as his father wakes him long before dawn to go fishing. Although the child enjoys the outing as a special adventure with his dad, they are fishing for food, not sport, and they must be home in time for the father to leave for work. The quiet time together provides opportunities for the man to talk about his past life fishing with his brother in a different pond in Vietnam, long ago before the war and before coming to America. After they return home, triumphant, with a bucket of fish, the boy contemplates his role as the youngest in the family—no longer a baby—and even though he is sad that both his parents have to work, he knows there will be a happy, love-filled family dinner later that night. Bui's cinematic illustrations make use of panels and weighted lines, evoking the perfect background or facial expression for each piece of text. The text placement and composition of the illustrations allow each occurrence or observation to be its own distinct event, stringing together the small, discrete moments that make up a life, a memory, and a history into a cohesive whole. VERDICT This gentle coming-of-age story is filled with loving, important aspects of the immigrant experience and is a first purchase for all libraries.—Anna Haase Krueger, Ramsey County Library, MN

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Caldecott Honor Book 2018
Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner 2018
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winner 2018
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor 2018
Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor 2018
Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2018
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices 2018
Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2018
Minnesota Book Award 2018
Huffington Post Best Picture Books of the Year 2017
Washington Post Best Children’s Books of the Year 2017
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Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year 2017
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Graphic novel panels and strong figures give the pages the air of a documentary as Phi celebrates an unexpected superhero: a father who endures a strange new culture, works to support his family, cherishes time with his son, and draws no attention to the sacrifices he's made.

--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Phi's bittersweet story of the resourcefulness of an immigrant family is lovingly illustrated in Bui's evocative artwork . . . This wistful, beautifully illustrated story will resonate not only with immigrant families but any family that has faced struggle. --Booklist, starred review

A fishing trip is not just a fishing trip in this poignant, semi-autobiographical tale . . . Together, Phi's gentle, melodic prose and Bui's evocative art, presented in brushy and vividly colored panels and double-page spreads, rise above the melancholy to tell a powerful, multilayered story about family, memory, and the costs of becoming a refugee. Spare and simple, a must-read for our times. --Kirkus Review, starred review

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Capstone Young Readers; Illustrated edition (August 1, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1623708036
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1623708030
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 0620
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 4
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.5 x 11.1 inches
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    Bao Phi has been a performance poet since 1991. A two-time Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist, he has performed as a featured artist all over the United States, has appeared on HBO Presents Russell Simmons Def Poetry, and a poem of his appeared in the 2006 Best American Poetry anthology. He has essays included in A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota as well as Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. He has poems appearing in many anthologies and publications including Screaming Monkeys and Spoken Word Revolution Redux. He has been a City Pages and Star Tribune Artist of the Year. He is currently Program Director at the Loft Literary Center, where he started as a receptionist 15 years ago. His first collection of poems, Sông I Sing, was published by Coffee House Press in 2011. His second collection of poems, Thousand Star Hotel, will be published in summer of 2017, also by Coffee House, for which he was selected by Minnesota Monthly as Author of the Year. His first children's book, to be illustrated by Thi Bui and will be published by Capstone Press in the fall of 2017.

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