Getting to feel at home in a new country
Yoon's name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different names – maybe CAT or BIRD. Maybe CUPCAKE!
Helen Recorvits's spare and inspiring story about a little girl finding her place in a new country is given luminous pictures filled with surprising vistas and dreamscapes by Gabi Swiatkowska.
My Name Is Yoon is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
AWARDS
• Nick, Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year
• 2004 ALA Notable Children's Books long-listed
• Child Magazine Best Books of the Year long-listed
• School Library Best Books of the Year long-listed
• 2008 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year long-listed
• New York Charlotte Award Master List long-listed
• Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year long-listed
• American Library Association Notable Children's Books
• 2004 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society long-listed
• School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
• Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award winner
• 2006 Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
• Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
• Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
• Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
• 2004 American Library Association Notable Children's Books
• 2007 GA Picture Storybook Award ML
• Booklist Editors' Choice long-listed
• IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
• Georgia Children's Book Award Master List (University of GA)
• 2007 Georgia Children's Book Award Master List (University of GA)
• 2006 Illinois Monarch K-3 Children's Choice AW ML long-listed
• Nick, Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year
• American Library Association Notable Children's Books
• School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
• 2006 Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
• Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
• Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
• Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
• 2004 American Library Association Notable Children's Books
• 2007 GA Picture Storybook Award ML
• IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
• Georgia Children's Book Award Master List (University of GA)
• 2007 Georgia Children's Book Award Master List (University of GA)
• 2004 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year long-listed
• 2004 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year long-listed
• 2004 New York Charlotte Award Master List long-listed
