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My Name Is Yoon
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...Helen Recorvits is the author of two books for older readers, Where Heroes Hide and Goodbye, Walter Malinski, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She lives in Glocester, Rhode Island.
Gabi Swiatkowska has illustrated one other picture book, Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas by Sally Derby. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.Awards
🏆 2004 Children's Books of Distinction Awards Winner - Picture Book Award|2005 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|2006 Monarch Award Nominee - Grades K-3 Award|2006 Charlotte Award Nominee - Primary Award|Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Grades K-3 Award|2007 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Storybook Award
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