Something for School
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933605855 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The foreign flavor is further established through the delicately detailed color illustrations, with their all-Asian cast, Korean signage, and practices like wearing slippers instead of shoes in the classroom. A pleasant story that might also trigger some interesting classroom discussions about gender, appearance, and friendship.—Heidi Estrin, Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, FLCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The spare text has the slightly off-kilter feel of a work in translation. The next day, she declares her gender identity by wearing a girlie headband with long, fake curls attached. However, the story of initial insecurity at school followed by the joy of acceptance is universal. The story places no value judgment on gender, merely using it as a device through which Yoon learns to accept herself more fully. She soon comes to realize,
Does she really look like a boy? At home, Yoon finds a solution. Thankfully, her friends like Yoon exactly the way she is.. But when some children mistake Yoon for a boy because of her short hair, Yoon bursts into tears. On the first day of kindergarten, a teacher asks the boys and girls to line up, and Yoon lines up with the other girls. Her sister s special headband is perfect! When she wears it to kindergarten, no one teases or mistakes her for anything but who she is! Yoon has a lovely time with her new friends.But Yoon s sister has been missing her special headband so when Yoon has to go back to school without it, she s worried all over again