Soyung Pak, Author, Davis J, Editor, Susan Kathleen Hartung, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-88252-6
This debut book from a talented pair tells a simple but moving story about communicating across distances that are not just geographical but linguistic. Juno can't read a letter sent by his Korean grandmother, but he deduces what she is trying to...
READ FULL REVIEW
Soyung Pak, Author, Susan Kathleen Hartung, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Kathleen Hartung. Picture Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-230017-6
A Korean-American boy living in the U.S. and his grandmother, who lives in Korea, communicate through letters that bypass their language barrier. PW
wrote, "Pak's story is economically told and sensitively focused through Juno's eyes.
READ FULL REVIEW
Soyung Pak, Author, Joung Un Kim, Illustrator , illus. by Joung Un Kim. Viking $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03522-9
Pak's (Dear Juno) tale stars an immigrant girl's first school day, which ends on a hopeful note, despite a difficult start. The author establishes the warmth of Sumi's home life with her mother teaching her how to say her name and...
READ FULL REVIEW
Soyung Pak, Author, Marcellino Truong, Illustrator , illus. by Marcelino Truong. Scholastic/Levine $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-13015-8
Like a 17th-century poem, this high-toned story about why a family chooses to move to another country rests on a single, extended metaphor. Unfortunately, the book ultimately sinks under the weight of its poetic abstractions. Pak (Dear Juno)...
READ FULL REVIEW
