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04927aam a22007698i 4500 001 B731103009F411EBB8199CE23BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201009010011 008 191216s2020 onca j 000 1 eng 020 $a 1771473630 020 $a 9781771473637 035 $a (OCoLC)1131689156 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d SO$ $d SILO 042 $a lac 055 0 $a PS8623.A466 $b P37 2020 082 0 $a jC813/.6 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Lam, Thao, $e illustrator. $e illustrator. 245 14 $a The paper boat / $c Thao Lam. 264 1 $a Toronto : $b Owlkids Books, $c [2020]. 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 29 cm 500 $a "A refugee story."--Cover. 520 $a "Thao Lam's family came to Canada as refugees during the Vietnam War. When Thao started thinking about how to tell this story, she couldn't stop thinking about ants: small, seemingly insignificant creatures who are able to travel amazingly long distances overwater, work hard, and thrive on almost every continent on the planet. Boat People starts with a story inspired by Thao's mother's life: a young girl watches as a bowl of sugar water is put out to attract (and get rid of) some pesky aunts. As the adults around her frantically make plans for escape, she dips her chopstick into the bowl to save the drowning insects. When the army arrives, the family must flee, and in the chaos, the girl and her mother become separated from the others, and get lost in the jungle. The mother gives the hungry girl a bun wrapped in paper, which she then folds into a paper boat. After they eat, the girl spots a trail of ants in the moonlight. They follow the insects to water and manage to meet up with the boat that will take them to safety. The story switches to the perspective of a family of ants who have boarded the paper boat. Their journey is full of peril. The sun is relentless, the ants are attacked by seagulls, they starve, a storm capsizes their boat, and many ants are lost. The survivors, however, cling to each other, creating a raft of their own bodies, eventually making it to shore. One ant ends up on a kitchen table, surrounded by food, much like the table from the first scene. But the family members around this table aren't quite the same. The grandmother is no longer there, the little girl has grown, and she's been joined by a baby sister. But they seem happy, and most importantly, they are safe. As the story ends, the reader zooms out to see that they are but one family in an apartment building full of families, in a busy city full of apartment buildings full of tiny, seemingly insignificant creatures, working hard and thriving. With this picture book, Thao is returning to an earlier format: the wordless picture book of sequential art. But she has pushed herself again with the artwork--and this story is a collage of simple shapes, clean geometry, and impressionistic washes of colour. Its simplicity belies its great depth of feeling. This is a heartfelt, one-of-a-kind book on every level."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Refugees $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Boats and boating $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Paper toys $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Ocean travel $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Ants $v Juvenile fiction. 650 0 $a Stories without words. 650 1 $a Refugees $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Boats and boating $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Paper toys $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Family life $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Ocean travel $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Ants $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Stories without words. 655 7 $a Wordless picture books. $2 lcgft 941 $a 26 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012040.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314021555.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012025658.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063117.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728013829.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518024606.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20211116020006.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20211009012909.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20210703010620.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210504010611.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20210428014009.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20210428011847.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20210427030030.0 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20210316010148.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20210226010122.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20210217011329.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20210211010804.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210202014938.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20210130011329.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20201126010141.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20201104010514.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20201103013211.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201021010039.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20201017010412.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20201016011226.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20201009010614.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B731103009F411EBB8199CE23BECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search