Ten Cents a Pound

Nhung N. Tran-Davies, Josée Bisaillon

CELA Library

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

School & Education | People & Places | Family | Social Issues | Social Themes

Themes:

Asia, Parents, Homelessness & Poverty, Poverty & Homelessness

Language:

English

Publisher:

Second Story Press

Grade Level:

2-4

Age Range:

6-8

Accessible Format Availability:

CELA Library

Where to buy it

Amazon

Indigo

Description

A young girl is torn by her desire to stay home with her family and the familiarity of their village, and her desire to go to school and discover the world beyond the mountains that surround them. Every time the girl insists that she will stay, her mother repeats that she must go—that there is more to life than labor in the coffee fields. Their loving exchange reveals the struggles and sacrifices that they will both have to make for the sake of the young girl’s future. The sweet, simple text captures a mother’s love and her wish for a life of opportunity for her daughter.

Contributors

Nhung N. Tran-Davies is a physician and advocate for social justice through education. Her family came to Canada as refugees from Vietnam in 1979, and in 2013 Nhung founded the Children of Vietnam Benevolent Foundation. She spoke at the UN's International Organization on Migration in Geneva as part of their "I am a Migrant" campaign to help reduce hate speech and promote tolerance. Nhung and her family live outside Edmonton, Alberta.

Formats

Awards

Alberta Literary Awards, R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s LiteratureShort-listed

Bank Street Best Books of the YearCommended

Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books of 2018Commended

Related Books

Grade P-2

Cooking & Food Humorous Stories Family

Eat, Leo! Eat!

Caroline Adderson, Josée Bisaillon

Every Sunday, Leo and his family gather at Nonna's house for lunch. Everyone is hungry for Nonna's delicious homemade pasta ... except Leo, who'd rather play. But when Nonna passes around the bowls of soup with stellini --- small, star-shaped noodles --- she also serves the start of a story. Leo eats his lunch as he listens to the tale, which cleverly features that week's noodle shape, and over the next few weeks Leo and the whole family grow hungrier for more pasta ... and more of the story! A scrumptious book about food, family and the art of storytelling.

CELA Library

Grade P-3

Social Issues Animals

Fish Named Glub, A

Dan Bar-el, Josée Bisaillon

In this lyrical story about friendship and the power of dreams, a small and ordinary fish named Glub asks himself the big questions in life as he observes life in the diner beyond his fishbowl. Who am I? Where do I belong? The lively characters around him provide unexpected answers, but soon it's Glub who reveals answers to their questions --- and their hearts' true desires. The small and ordinary fish discovers that life can be extraordinary. You just have to ask ...

CELA Library