06961cam a2200901 i 4500 1151534620 OCoLC 20220708105932.0 200414t20212021nyua b 000 1 eng 2020017366 9780823446247 hardcover 0823446247 hardcover (OCoLC)1151534620 AJM pcc lcac n-us-oh Wang, Andrea, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013044589 author 11731 Watercress / Andrea Wang ; pictures by Jason Chin First edition New York : Holiday House, [2021] ©2021 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier age Children lcdgt "A Neal Porter Book." Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot something growing in a ditch by the side of the road... watercress! With an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail-covered plant as they can. At first, it's embarrassing. Why can't her family get food at the grocery store? But when her mother shares the story of her family's life in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Together, they make a new memory of watercress in this tender story inspired by the author's childhood memories and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Jason Chin. - Jacket flap This story is about the power of memory. Not just the beautiful memories, like the ones my mother and father had about eating watercress in China, but also the difficult ones, the memories that are sometimes too painful to share. It starts with my own distressing memory of being made to pick watercress that was growing wild by the side of the road. As the child of Chinese immigrants, growing up in a small, mostly white town in Ohio, I was very aware of how different my family and I were from everyone else. It's hard to feel like you don't belong, and collecting food from a muddy roadside ditch just made that bad feeling more intense for me -- something my very practical parents didn't understand. When I was young, my parents didn't talk about their memories of China, of growing up poor, losing siblings, and surviving war. I don't blame them -- these are difficult topics to discuss with children. But it's important, too, for children to understand their family history. Perhaps if I had known about the hardships they had faced, I would have been more compassionate as a child. Maybe I would have felt more empathy and less anger. More pride in my heritage and less shame. Memories have the power to inform, to inspire, and to heal. This story is both an apology and a love letter to my parents. It's also an encouragement to all children who feel different and to families with difficult pasts -- share your memories. Tell your stories. They are essential. - A note from the author Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents Ages: 4-8 Grades: PreK-3 Lexile: AD610L Randolph Caldecott Medal, Winner, 2022 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Picture Book, Winner, 2022 Newbery Medal, Honor, 2022 Watercress http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145718 Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 11732 Harvesting http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059214 Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 11733 Chinese Americans Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119262 9416 Families http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047009 Ohio http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79049197 Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 11734 Family life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/sj96005444 Ohio http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/n79049197 Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/sj2020050019 11735 Cresson de fontaine Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse 11736 Récolte Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse 11737 Américains d'origine chinoise Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse 11738 Familles Ohio Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse 11739 JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American. bisacsh 11740 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration. bisacsh 11741 JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food. bisacsh 11742 Chinese Americans. fast (OCoLC)fst00857249 11743 Families. fast (OCoLC)fst01728849 Harvesting. fast (OCoLC)fst00951762 11744 Watercress. fast (OCoLC)fst01172614 11745 Chinese Americans Fiction. sears 8080 Family life Ohio Fiction. sears 11735 Picture books for children. sears 11746 Watercress Fiction. sears 11747 Ohio http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79049197 Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 11748 Ohio Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse 11749 Ohio. fast (OCoLC)fst01205075 Ohio Fiction. sears 10210 Picture books. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2016026096 875 Picture books 875 Fictional Work. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D022922 10412 picture books. aat 875 Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787 48 Juvenile works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411637 876 Picture books. fast (OCoLC)fst01726789 875 Children's stories Pictorial works. gsafd 11750 Fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 48 Livres d'images. rvmgf 10924 Romans. rvmgf 10426 Illustrated works. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026111 6466 Chin, Jason, 1978- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004093476 illustrator 11751 Online version: Wang, Andrea. Watercress. First edition. New York : Holiday House, [2021] 9780823450541 (OCoLC)1243560991 .b170412921 ddc BOOK 28387 28387 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ E 2022-07-08 18.99 9 3 [E] 63826 2025-09-03 2025-08-20 2022-07-08 BOOK 1