BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Minh refuses to eat any more and swats it out of his dad’s hand. THen he sees the grains scurrying away and follows them. The grains of rice teach him the story of how they were created and have Minh work to grow his own grains.
Loosely based on Vietnamese folklore; I wouldn’t add this to a folklore collection, though. The anthropomorphic grains of rice are adorable; check out the cute endpapers. On the pages where Minh is working on the harvest, Ha gives us a type of Vietnamese working poem - I would read the rest of the pages to a group of students and then come back and read the poem. I enjoy this mystical journey picture book - for both story and illustrations. I want a grain of rice stuffie of my own!
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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