Bao Phi
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English
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2024 AAPINH Heritage Month Children's Selections
AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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"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"--
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English
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2024 AAPINH Heritage Month Children's Selections
Kindergarten Recommended Reads
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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Kindergarten Recommended Reads
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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Upset after being bullied, Thuy, a Vietnamese American, pretends she is different creatures, including an especially strong, wonderful being made up of her two mothers and herself. Includes note about the phoenix and the Sarabha.
4) You are life
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Every child is bursting with amazing possibilities and poet Bao Phi celebrates the complex identity of the children of immigrants and refugees.
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"Thousand Star Hotel confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor. From "with thanks to Sahra Nguyen for the refugee style slogan": They give the kids candy to bet. My daughter loses the first four rounds, she's a quiet wire as they take her candy away, piece by piece. When she finally wins, I ask if she wants to play again. No! she shouts, grabbing her candy, I want to go home! True...
6) You are life
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English
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A lyrical poem that celebrates the wonderful and complex identity of children of immigrants and refugees, reminding them that who they are is always enough.