My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits
Getting to feel at home in a new country
Yoon's name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different names - maybe CAT or BIRD. Maybe CUPCAKE!
Helen Recorvits's spare and inspiring story about a little girl finding her place in a new country is given luminous pictures filled with surprising vistas and dreamscapes by Gabi Swiatkowska.
My Name Is Yoon is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780374351144 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374351147 |
| Title | My Name Is Yoon |
| Author | Helen Recorvits |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) |
| Year published | 2003-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Winner of Children's Books of Distinction Awards (Picture Book) 2004, Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2007, Short-listed for Red Clover Award 2005, Short-listed for Monarch Award 2006, Short-listed for Charlotte Award (Primary) 2006, Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Grades K-3) 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |