Gibberish

Young Vo

eBook - 2022

BEST OF THE YEARKirkus Parents Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Chicago Public Library Washington Post Evanston Public Library Los Angeles Public LibraryCharlotte Huck Recommended BookCommon Sense Media SelectionIt's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, and Dat doesn't know the language. To Dat, everything everybody says — from the school bus driver to his new classmates — sounds like gibberish. How is Dat going to make new friends if they can't understand each other?Luckily there's a friendly girl in Dat's class who knows that there are other ways to communicate, besides just talking. Could she help make sense of the gibberish?P R A... I S E"A superb picture book."—The Wall Street Journal"Masterly. A tender reflection."—The New York Times★ "The execution is... more