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Wishes | Muon Thi Van
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An arresting, poetic journey and a moving reflection on immigration, family, and home, from an acclaimed creative team. Wishes tells the powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on the littlest member of the family. Inspired by actual events in the author's life, this is a narrative that is both timely and timeless. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the story chronicles a family's difficult and powerful journey to pack up what they can carry and to leave their world behind, traveling to a new and unknown place in a crowded boat. With sparse, poetic, and lyrical text from acclaimed author Muon Thi Van, thoughtful back matter about the author's connection to the story, and luminous, stunning illustrations from Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Victo Ngai, Wishes tells a powerful and timely story in a gentle and approachable way for young children and their families.With themes of kindness, bravery, hope, and love running throughout, Wishes is a must-have book for every child's bookshelf.
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LibrarianRyan
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5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
75 words have never meant so much as they do in this immigration story. The Caldacot worthy illustrations are as much a part of the story as the heart wrenching words. This story is beautiful and heartbreaking, and very needed in libraries now.

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AbigailAdams26
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A powerful, deeply moving picture-book about being a refugee. Sparse text and understated but beautiful artwork are flawlessly matched. A really superb example of the picture-book form. I was moved to tears.

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GatheringBooks
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#MayCharacters Day 19: There is #Magic in wishes. Review of this gorgeous picturebook is forthcoming.

Eggs So beautiful 👏🏻🥰 3y
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