![]() I’m hoping the children will feel this soothing feel. ![]() Because of this calmness, I felt that it was necessary to voice and sit on each page for a moment, to not turn each page so quickly, and engage in the serenity of the art. The stillness imagery is so evident and present that we are physically set in the early, dark morning. Bui defines her art in frames delivering a graphic novel style, and though layered in cool blues and blacks, it decidedly feels easy and calming. ![]() We can’t forget to talk about the artwork. ![]() I found it so special, it became my first intro YouTube read-aloud story. We don’t often get that in a picture book. To the author -the young boy in the book-, it is simply time with his father. ![]() But the juxtaposition is a grown adult recounting a personal memory of him and his father fishing. The strong reality is told through the lens of a young child, which I found very powerful. Why am I so passionate about it? It’s a real and raw look at an immigrant’s life and though coming to America in search for a “better life,” the dream of it is quite different than actually living it. ![]()
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