My funky padlet by Erica Weintrop

Language

2024-10-07 14:39:51 UTC

Hien struggles with speaking English, which makes it hard for her to communicate

erica_r_weintrop — 2024-10-07 14:43:15 UTC

Vietnamese was her main source of communication, but we can see her bridging that with the support of her son.

2024-10-07 14:44:51 UTC

Hien felt far from her family and always longed to see her grandmother.

2024-10-07 14:47:54 UTC

Hiến uses the book to convey what she is thinking about

2024-10-07 14:51:26 UTC

As a young girl, she was forced to leave home and her culture to go to America where it was safe

2024-10-07 14:53:35 UTC

She liked to read the fairy tales with Tien, since she felt connected to him when reading

2024-10-08 14:30:52 UTC

she always wanted tien to have better clothes but she never had enough money to get them fixed so she would patch them up