review from SLJ

MANTCHEV, Lisa. Someday, Narwhal. illus. by Hyewon Yum. 40p. S. & S./Paula Wiseman Bks. Oct. 2017. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781481479707.

PreS-Gr 1–The little narwhal from Strictly No Elephants gets her own story and it starts out relatively short. “The world doesn’t look very exciting from inside a fishbowl. Red front door. Potted plant. Umbrella stand. Piano.” Repeat. However, she dreams of seeing the big, wide world beyond her fishbowl. If only she had feet! One day, her boy brings home his friends and their pets, and together they come up with a plan to make the little narwhal’s dreams come true. As in the first story, there is a sweetness and simplicity to the tiny animal’s dilemma and to her friends’ solution. The colored pencil and gouache illustrations depict characters with a variety of skin tones; both human and animal faces are wonderfully expressive. VERDICT Equally good as a stand-alone or for fans of the first book.–Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA

Puddle in Chinese

너무너무 무서울 때 읽는 책

한국말로 대화하는 귀여운 강아지들!
 "너무너무 무서울 때 읽는 책"
한국 제목 느낌도 서체도  맘에 듬.

2017 CLEL Bell Award

Puddle by Hyewon Yum has won the 2017 CLEL Bell Award for the Talk category.

Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL), an advisory group to the Colorado State Library, created the Bell Awards in 2012 to recognize five high quality picture books that provide excellent support and/or modeling of early literacy development in young children.

Please find attached a copy of the Activity Sheet designed by the CLEL Bell Award Committee for Puddle. This activity sheet can be used by parents, teachers and caregivers to develop early literacy skills when they share Puddle with young children. The sheet is also available on the CLEL website http://www.clel.org/.   

Meet-the-Author of Puddle

Here's the audio clip that I say "Hi".  if you ever wish to hear what my voice is like...
https://www.teachingbooks.net/ql2m28n

mad Thursday morning

this morning, i'm scared, mad and sad...

on my desk

For my next book "SATURDAY  IS SWIMMING DAY" from Candlewick.

Someday, NARWHAL

The f&gs are here on my table today.

So excited about this book!!

ALA notable books

Puddle and A Piece of home are selected for the ALA notable books this year!!!!!

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

APALA award

Puddle won APALA award!

http://www.apalaweb.org/2016-2017-asianpacific-american-award-for-literature-selected/

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-pacific-american-librarians-association-names-2016-literature-award-winners-n712621

Chicago Public Library's Best of 2016

A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts, illustrated by Hyewon Yum was selected for the Chicago Public Library's Best of 2016 lists.

 

For the complete list, please visit:http://www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-best-of-the-best-books-2016/

2017 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

The following have been selected for the 2017 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People list, a cooperative project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children’s Book Council.

 

 

A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts, illustrated by Hyewon Yum

HC: 9780763669713

$16.99 / $22.00 CAN 

 

 

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People is an annual reading list of exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms, selected by social studies educators.This is an annual project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the CBC.

 

For more information and the full list, please visit: http://www.cbcbooks.org/notable-social-studies/