https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen To present eight children's books about family diversity en-us 2017-12-09 23:13:45 UTC 2024-10-13 17:01:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/214888149   Song and Dance Man, written by Karen Ackerman, tells a beautiful story about some special times between three children and their grandfather, who owned great old days and used to dance on the vaudeville stage. When kids had a visit to them, he took them into the attic and pulled out his old leather-trimmed trunk, including some bowler hats, gold-tipped cane, and his silver tap shoes. Then, the grandfather entertained them with dancing and singing show and magic tricks. Three children really enjoyed the wonderful show performed by their grandfather, and had a better understanding about their grandfather's golden younger days. ]]> 2017-12-11 03:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/214888149 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215111896   Coming On Home Soon is a high-quality children’s book, written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E.B Lewis.During World War II, when all the men are off fighting in the war and women are asked to fill these vacancies, a young girl -Ada ‘s mother is going to find a job in Chicago that really made Ada feel sad. The only thing Ada Ruth and Grandma did is to continue their daily life, and also miss someone they loved all the time. ]]> 2017-12-11 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215111896 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215257989   Goyangi means cat, written by Christine McDonnell, tells a story about how a young Korean girl who leave her country and came to a completely strange place to live with her new American family. After experiencing so many cultural shocks, the family’s cat Goyangi is her only consolation and friend, until this cat ran away. After walking and looking for him along every street with her mother, Soo Min found that her beloved cat has come back home with her father and she spoke her first English sentence “Goyangi home”. ]]> 2017-12-12 00:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215257989 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258026   Daddy's roommate, written by Michael Willhoite, tells a story about how a young boy to get along with his father and his father’s roommate-Frank. During the process of spending time with them, he found that his dad and the new roommate do everything together, such as eat together and sleep together. After his mother explaining, he eventually got to know that is another kind of love and Frank and dad love each other. ]]> 2017-12-12 00:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258026 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258070   My new mom and me, written by Renata Galindo, tells a very sweet story about how a puppy who is adopted becomes a family with his Mama cat. Because they are totally different, the puppy was trying to be like his Mom cat at first. But, Mom cat told puppy he doesn’t need to do these changes and she also made him feel accepted. Even though, sometimes Mom cat yelled to the puppy, they are still learning how to become a family and support each other. ]]> 2017-12-12 00:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258070 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258098   Mommy, Mama, and Me, written by Leslie Newman and illustrated by Carol Thompson, tells a warming story about how a mommy and a mama to take care of their new baby. A day begins with mommy picking baby up while mama pouring juice in her cup. During this day, mommy and mama do a lot of things with their baby together or separately. In the end of a day, Mommy and Mama both put him sleep and kiss the baby goodnight. ]]> 2017-12-12 00:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258098 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258282   Don't Hurt Me, MaMa, written by Muriel Stanek, tells a story about how a single mother to get along with her daughter after the father left the family. Sadly, because the mother couldn’t deal with her emotions, she fell into sadness totally and started to drink. Meanwhile, the young daughter felt lonely and scared without her parent accompany. One day, when the mother used a belt to hit her daughter again before school, the teacher found something wrong with the little girl and the girl opened her heart and told her issues to a nice school nurse, who gave her comfort and support. Eventually, the mother was getting better and started a new life with her daughter with the help of the community health center. ]]> 2017-12-12 00:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258282 501885254 https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258324   All alone after school, written by Muriel Stanek, tells a story about how a boy to spend his time alone at home while his mother must go out to work. Because of his parents’ divorce and poor family economy, little Josh had to stay home alone after school. At first, Josh and his mother all felt worried about this new change, but eventually Josh was used to this situation and can take care of himself. In the end, Josh helped the new girl-Becky to deal with this problem. ]]> 2017-12-12 00:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/501885254/yuxinchen/wish/215258324