Synopses & Reviews
One day in class, Orange Peeland#8212;who got her nickname by eating orange peels when she was littleand#8212;and her classmates learn about China. Everyone starts to ask Orange Peel questions about the country because they know thatand#8217;s where she was born. But she doesnand#8217;t have all the answers. So Orange Peel joins her mother on her neighborhood errands to find out.
Many of the shops they visit are owned by people who also were born in China. Each has a story to tell Orange Peel. She visits Mr. Fan the tailor, who speaks about silk; Ma Sang, who owns an antiques store and also writes poetry; Mrs. Liu at the flower shop; Mr. Yu, whose restaurantand#160;makes and#8220;best there ever wasand#8221; noodle soup; and Jasmine at the ice cream shop. Orange Peel canand#8217;t wait to tell the kids at school about Chinaand#8217;s influence on all of these things, but first she discovers a number of gifts that have been slipped into her pocket by the store owners: silk, a poem, a peony, a noodle soup recipe, and a lucky red knot. Orange Peel is overjoyed, as the treasures sheand#8217;s found link her to the place where she was born.
Rose Lewisand#8217;s text is a wonderful look into Chinaand#8217;s influence on history and the modern world. Exciting new illustrator Grace Zong brings the story to life through her modern and thoughtful art.
FandP Level:and#160;M
FandPand#160;Genre:and#160;RF and#160; Praise for the work of Rose Lewis
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Bank Street College Best Childrenand#8217;s Books
Child Magazine Best Books
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards
BookSense Book of the Year finalist
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and#8220;Offers abundant reassurances of love to adopted children . . .and#8221; and#8212;Publishers Weekly
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and#8220;Sweetly sentimental . . . taps into a well of genuine emotion.and#8221; and#8212;Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
From the bestsellling author of "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes" comes this sweet story about an adopted girl from China who learns about her native country and shares with her curious classmates. Full color.
About the Author
Rose Lewis is the author of the
New York Times bestseller
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, which
Kirkus said was and#147;destined to become a classicand#8221; in a starred review. She is also the author of the award-winning
Every Year on Your Birthday, which
Booklist, in a starred review, described as a and#147;loving portrait of a single mother and an adopted child [that] gently accentuates the importance of incorporating the childand#8217;s culture into her new life.and#8221; Rose lives in Massachusetts with her daughter and their beloved dog, Teddy.
Grace Zong was born in Illinois and moved to Korea when she was seven. Later, she returned to the United States to study art at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she majored in illustration. She splits her time between her home in New York, and her home in Korea. This is her first picture book.