Where Thuong Keeps Love

Thu Buu

Description

AWARDS: submissions to CBC Notables, ALSC Notables, SCBWI, and regionals like CA Book Awards.

EVENTS: online author events and school visits and in-person events if possible in LA and Houston areas.

REVIEWS: education, national trade, regional, kids and parents, and culture media.

ONLINE: Social content and YouTube book trailer will be sharable for timely dates like Family Day and Vietnamese days in September and Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Festival dates, like Têt in February. Also outreach to Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association in America, a group established over 60 years ago that reaches communities within the US and overseas in Vietnam.

TRADESHOWS: CALIBA author feature and galleys and giveaways at ALA, regional library and bookseller shows, etc.

• Talented debut author paired with accomplished artist.
• Author’s background in Psychology, Sociology, and Elementary Education are valuable assets in her writing for children and portrayal of this story.
• Own-voices pick that expands understanding of Vietnamese culture.
• Heartwarming family story with primary market of families with young children.
• Mothers with toddlers can use this book as an easy way to introduce the vocabulary words for body parts. They can also teach their child the accompanying song with hand motions to reinforce the vocabulary.
• The book builds in a variety of emotion words (SEL), to serve as an aid for teaching children how to express how they feel.
• Useful for teachers, it portrays the universal theme of love and happiness and could provide a platform for teachers to introduce the concept of love languages and generate discussions around how love can be expressed and received in different forms and across cultures.
• Great gift for families who have been seeking books that provide more cultural diversity in their storylines, so that their children can see more of their own identities represented in books.
• This book is designed to feature multicultural characters that resemble the student demographics in many urban schools today. More specifically, the main character is Vietnamese and her friends at school are from different ethnic backgrounds. There is an increased need for cultural diversity in children’s books, and this story is a small step towards filling that need.
• Full lesson plans designed to educate students on diversity, emotions, and the vocabulary for body parts will be provided as supplemental materials.
• A pronunciation guide and an audio recording of all of the Vietnamese written in the book can also be provided should readers wish to hear the Vietnamese phrases.
• Lexile AD710L; F&P Text Level M.

Sujets

• 0-6 ans
• Éveil
• Corps humain
• Eveil
• Juvenilee Fiction
• People
• Vietnamese American
• Asian American
• Vietnamese
• Places
• United States
• US
• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Belles histoires

Informations

• Publié par: West Margin Press
• Date de parution: 21 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781513289441
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 21 Mo

Extrait

Where
Th ng
Keeps
Love
By Thu Buu
Illustrated by Bao Luu
This book is dedicated to my wonderful family: Mom, Dad, and all of my siblings,
for your constant support and the countless ways you show your love for me. And to
my daughter, Nini, for bringing so many dimensions of love and joy into my life. -TB
To my family, thank you for your love and support. -BL
Text 2021 by Thu Buu
Illustrations 2021 by Bao Luu
Edited by Clarissa Wong
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying, recording, or by any information
storage and retrieval system, without written
permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Buu, Thu, author. | Luu, Bao, illustrator.
Title: Where Th ng keeps love / by Thu Buu;
illustrated by Bao Luu.
Description: [Berkeley]: West Margin Press, [2021]
| Audience: Ages 4-8. | Audience: Grades K-1. |
Summary: Inspired by the different ways American
and Vietnamese cultures think of love, this book
follows a young Vietnamese American girl who asks
her friends at school where they store love for their
parents. She learns that love can be held throughout
the whole body and that there is not just one
expression of love -Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021013937 (print) | LCCN
2021013938 (ebook) | ISBN 9781513289434
(hardback) | ISBN 9781513289441 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Love-Fiction. | Parent and child-
Fiction. | Vietnamese Americans-Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.B896 Wh 2021 (print) | LCC
PZ7.1.B896 (ebook) | DDC [E]-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021013937
LC ebook record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2021013938
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Th ng has something very special, and she s been
looking for the perfect place to keep it safe. I ll ask my
friends at school, Th ng thought to herself. She swung
her backpack over one shoulder, threaded both arms
through the straps, and stepped out the front door.