{"product_id":"my-chinatown-one-year-in-poems-9780064437325","title":"My Chinatown: One Year in Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Chinatown\u003c\/em\u003e is a critically acclaimed, spectacularly illustrated picture book homage to family, culture, and a childhood spent in one of the most striking places in any city--Chinatown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKam Mak grew up in a place of two cultures, one existing within the other. Using extraordinarily beautiful paintings and moving poems, he shares a year of growing up in this small city within a city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Chinatown\u003c\/em\u003e explores a boy's first year in the United States--after emigrating from China--as he grows to love his new home in Chinatown through food, games, and the people surrounding him. Through Kam Mak's spare verse and richly detailed artwork, the streets of Chinatown come vividly alive. Included in Brightly.com's 2017 list of recommended diverse poetry picture books for kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinatown--a place of dragons and dreams; fireflies and memories\u003cbr\u003eChinatown--full of wonder and magic; fireworks on New Year's Day and a delicious smell on every corner\u003cbr\u003eChinatown--where every day brings something familiar and something wondrously new to a small boy\u003cbr\u003eChinatown--home?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780064437325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 10.80w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e55713 \/ My Chinatown: One Year in Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kam Mak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924816171189,"sku":"9780064437325","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d10be215-b7f6-47f5-9716-3d1a16369d06.jpg?v=1687838896","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-chinatown-one-year-in-poems-9780064437325","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}