Summary
"A young Korean American girl enjoys helping her father in their dry cleaning shop, but when a customer berates her father for losing a jacket, Juna goes on a magical quest to help her father recover what is lost"-- Full description
Summary: |
"A young Korean American girl enjoys helping her father in their dry cleaning shop, but when a customer berates her father for losing a jacket, Juna goes on a magical quest to help her father recover what is lost"-- |
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Physical Description: |
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm |
Audience: |
Ages 4-8. Grades 2-3. |
ISBN: |
9781643792279 164379227X |
Author Notes: |
Jane Park (formerly Bahk) won Lee & Low's New Voices Award for Juna's Jar , which was also recognized with the Asian/Pacific American Library Association Award for Literature and as a Notable Book for a Global Society by the International Literacy Association. Juna and Appa was inspired by her memories of growing up in her family's dry-cleaning shop. Park lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can visit her online at janeparkbooks.com. Felicia Hoshino is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer who also illustrated Lee & Low's Juna's Jar , A Place Where Sunflowers Grow , and Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin . In addition to creating mixed-media images for children's books and magazines, she enjoys painting children's portraits, cooking with her husband, and decorating the walls at home with art created by her son and daughter. Hoshino lives in her native San Francisco, California, with her family. You can visit her online at felishino.com. |