My Name Is Yoon
Author(s): 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 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year.
Review(s):
“* With subtle grace, this moving story depicts a Korean girl's difficult adjustment to her new life in America. . . . Swiatkowska's stunningly spare, almost surrealistic paintings enhance the story's message.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“* As noteworthy for what it leaves out as for what it includes. . . . Yoon may be new to America, but her feelings as an outsider will be recognizable to all children.” —Publishers Weekly, starred reivew
Nick, Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year, American Library Association Notable Children's Books (2004), Long-listed Child Magazine Best Books of the Year, Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List (2006), Long-listed IRA Notable Books for a Global Society (2004), Long-listed Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Winner Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, Long-listed Illinois Monarch K-3 Children's Choice AW ML (2006), Long-listed ALA Notable Children's Books (2004), Long-listed Booklist Editors' Choice, Long-listed School Library Best Books of the Year, Long-listed New York Charlotte Award Master List, Long-listed Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year (2008), GA Picture Storybook Award ML (2007), School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
ISBN: 9781250057112