My Name Is Yoon (Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, 2004)

Getting to feel at home in a new countryYoon’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 t More »