Books with author by Linda Sue Park

A wonderful paperback picture book about the joys of family and food, from Newbery Award winning author Linda Sue Park.Bee-bim bop ("mix-mix rice") is a traditional Korean dish. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells of helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and sitting down to enjoy a favorite meal. The enthusiasm of the narrartor is conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean-American family. The book includes Linda Sue’s own bee-bim bop recipe!

Synopsis A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way. From Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park, an emotional novel based on a true story. Nya goes to the pond to fetch water for her family. She walks eight hours every day. Salva walks away from his war-torn village. He is a Slost boy refugee, destined to cover Africa on foot, searching for his family and safety. Two young people . . . two stories. One country: Sudan. This mesmerizing dual narrative follows two threads ”one unfolding in 2008 and one in 1985 ”with one hopeful message: that even in a troubled country, determined survivors may find the future they are hoping for. From a Newbery Medalist (A Single Shard) comes a mesmerizing novel based on a true story. A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. Product Identifiers ISBN-10 0547577311 ISBN-13 9780547577319 Key Details Author Linda Sue Park Number Of Pages 128 pages Format Paperback Publication Date 2011-10-04 Language English Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Dimensions Weight 3.5 Oz Height 0.3 In. Width 7.7 In. Length 7.7 In. Classification Method Dewey Decimal A823.4 Dewey Edition 22