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04144agm a22005415u 4500 001 7A32A4C813BB11ED9C55A27642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220804010129 007 vd cvaizu 008 220615s2022||||xxu009 j || vaeng|| 020 $a 1338811207 020 $a 9781338811209 020 $a 0823446247 020 $a 9780823446247 035 $a (OCoLC)1317773268 040 $a TDS $b eng $e rda $c TDS $d OCLCF $d JTH $d IWP $d SILO 245 10 $a Watercress [videorecording (DVD)] / $c Andrea Wang ; pictures by Jason Chin. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Weston, CT : $b Weston Woods, $c ©2022. 300 $a 1 video disc (approximately 9 min.) : $b sound, color ; $c 4 3/4 in. 508 $a Music by Ernest Troost. 511 0 $a Narrated by Sunny Lu. 520 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 521 1 $a Ages: 4-8. 521 2 $a Grades: PreK-3. 521 8 $a Lexile: AD610L. 586 $a Randolph Caldecott Medal, Winner, 2022 586 $a Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Picture Book, Winner, 2022 586 $a Newbery Medal, Honor, 2022 650 0 $a Watercress $x Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Harvesting $x Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Chinese Americans $x Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Families $z Ohio $x Juvenile fiction. 650 1 $a Watercress $x Fiction. 650 1 $a Harvesting $x Fiction. 650 1 $a Chinese Americans $x Fiction. 650 1 $a Family life $z Ohio $x Fiction. 651 0 $a Ohio $x Juvenile fiction. 651 1 $a Ohio $x Fiction. 700 1 $a Wang, Andrea 700 1 $a Chin, Jason, $d 1978- 700 1 $a Lu, Sunny 700 1 $a Troost, Ernest V. 941 $a 1 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804025204.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7A32A4C813BB11ED9C55A27642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search