A Different Pond
Author: Bao Phi
Illustrator: Thi Bui
Language/s: English
Country Connection: US (Vietnam)
Reader Age: Younger
Genre: Fiction
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. A successful catch meant a fed family. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
SELs: self-awareness social awareness
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Publisher: Picture Window Books
Year: 2017
ISBN: 9781479597468