Ms. O,Neill's book is one of my daughter's favorites!!! It deals with the hard issues of race in a very sensitive manner. After reading the book a child will understand that everyone is different, not necessarily "better" but different and that different is GOOD. This book should be on all the bookshelves in every school(children need to learn to be tolerant of one another, not hateful or envious or inferior)!!! This book is a good find.Product Description
wrote this book to inspire children and parents to be open-minded and to respect diversity.The conversation between seven-year-old Anna and her mother who are Asian covers differences in appearance, family, culture, disability, marriage and love.The dialogue is direct and loving; Anna learns to understand and value her being different from others, and that appreciating their being different is a good way to grow up.Children, parents and teachers will enjoy reading this book.
About the Author
Lin Fong-O'Neill left her native Hong Kong for America at seventeen. She had a successful management career in New York's JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she was selected as a member of the Diversity Council within a major business sector. She retired in 2001 to pursue creative writing. Her work has appeared extensively in New York's Great South Bay Monthly magazine, and New Jersey's Asbury Park Press. This is her first children's book. She hopes to pass along her love of different cultures, and to promote unity through diversity.
Lin lives with her husband, Ben, and their two cats, Maxi and Tommy, in Colts Neck, New Jersey.
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