Picking Tea with Baba by Xu Bin and Yu Yin, translated by Shan Chen - OPTIONAL

Picking Tea with Baba by Xu Bin, illustrated by Yu Yin, translated by Shan Chen. PICTURE BOOK Charlesbridge/Imagine, 2025 $19. 9781623546236 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL 

APPEALS TO: SOME 

A boy and his brother accompany their parents to the top of the mountain, where their tea garden is. It's a long day of leaf picking, but the children love spending time with their parents and seeing the birds, bugs, and other things in the garden. 

I never thought about how tea leaves get picked. This family is Chinese, it seems like modern day, but rural, as when they take the leaves to the market, there are cars and scooters. The illustrations are beautiful but I think the story has limited appeal. 

Lisa Librarian