A 2018 Caldecott Honor Book that Kirkus Reviews calls "a must-read for our times," A Different Pond is an unforgettable story about a simple event - a long-ago fishing trip. Graphic novelist Thi Bui and acclaimed poet Bao Phi deliver a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and son - and between cultures, old and new. As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. A successful catch meant a fed family. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam. Thi Bui's striking, evocative art paired with Phi's expertly crafted prose has earned this powerful picture books six starred reviews and numerous awards.
AWARDS
• 2018 ALSC, ALA winner
• 2018 The Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, UW Madison, WI winner
• 2018 Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association winner
• 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and The de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection winner
• 2018 The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library winner
• 2018 National Council for the Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council winner
• 2017 Washington Post winner
• 2017 Huffington Post winner
• 2017 The Boston Globe winner
• 2018 Association for Library Service to Children/American Library Association winner
• 2018 Capitol Choices winner
• 2017 Booklist winner
• 2017 School Library Journal winner
• 2017 Shelf Awareness winner
• 2017 Kirkus Reviews winner
• 2017 Horn Book winner
• 2017 Indie Bound and American Booksellers winner
• 2017 Chicago Public Library winner
• 2017 St. Louis Post-Dispatch winner
• 2017 New York Public Library winner
• 2017 King County Library System winner
• 2017 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Bookshop winner
• 2017 Denver Public Library winner
• 2017 South Coast Today winner
• 2017 The Nerdy Book Club winner
• 2017 NEA Today winner
• 2017 The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature winner
• 2017 Mackin, Books and Bloom winner
• 2017 Little Free Library winner
• 2017 Minnesota Public Radio winner
• 2017 Publishers Weekly winner
• 2017 Pioneer Press winner
• 2017 Kirkus Reviews blog winner
• 2017 Book Riot winner
• 2018 Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College of Education winner
• 2018 The Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Ed at the U of W-Madison winner
• 2018 Illinois School Library Media Association winner
• 2018 Midwest Independent Publishing Association winner
• 2018 ForeWord Reviews winner
• 2018 Nautilus Book Awards winner
• 2018 MInnesota Youth Reading Awards winner
• 2018 The Horn Book winner
• 2018 The Boston Globe Foundation and The Horn Book winner
• 2018 Poetry Flash, PEN West, San Francisco Public Library winner
• 2018 Skipping Stones winner
• 2018 Northern California Independent Booksellers winner
• 2018 Midwest Independent Booksellers Association winner
• 2017 Goodreads winner
• 2019 Elizabeth Park Trust winner
• 2019 Wisconsin State Reading Association winner
