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Alone like me / Rebecca Evans.
When Liling moves from her home in the mountains of China to the big city, her parents cannot afford to send her to school, and she spends her days with her mother, wishing she had a friend--until she sees a girl in a yellow coat, who lives in the next building, comes from a different mountain, and is happy to be Liling's friend.
Record details
- ISBN: 0593181921
- ISBN: 9780593181928
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Anne Schwartz Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Junior Library Guild Selection"--Verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 4-8. Grades K-1. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Girls > China > Juvenile fiction. Loneliness > Juvenile fiction. Social isolation > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. China > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | GRO JP Evans | 31681020191383 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Unable to go to school because of Chinese law, and teased by the other kids at the park, Liling is lonely until she shares a smile with the girl who lives in the apartment beneath hers. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. - Random House, Inc.
In this beautiful, heartfelt picture book, a young girl moves from a small village to a big city in China, where she longs to find a friend...and ultimately meets someone very much like her.
Liling and her family have moved from their rural farm to an overwhelming urban city. Because of Chinese law, Liling can't go to school and spends her days with Mama or Baba at work. At the playground, the other children throw sand at her and tease her old red coat and dirty shoes.
But after she shares a smile with a girl in a bright yellow jacket who lives in an apartment beneath hers, Liling has a big idea! She draws a picture and lowers it down to the girl--Qiqi--who returns it with a drawing of her own. When the new friends meet face to face, Liling takes Qiqi's hand, and they walk bravely into the park--together.
With luscious watercolor illustrations and lovely poetic text, this achingly beautiful story is about our universal desire for connection, and the comfort we feel when we find a true friend.
