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Grandfather Counts
Contributor(s): Cheng, James (Author), Zhang, Ange (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1584301589     ISBN-13: 9781584301585
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
OUR PRICE:   $10.76  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2000
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Annotation: When Helen's grandfather, Gong Gong, comes from China to live with her family, he's shocked to find that none of his grandchildren speak Chinese. How will he communicate with them? At first he keeps to himself. Then one day he joins Helen to watch the trains. He starts counting the train cars in Chinese, and she repeats the words. Then Helen says the numbers in English. They continue to teach each other, and Helen even learns her Chinese name, which means "flower." In this luminously illustrated intergenerational story, the devotion between a young girl and her grandfather helps them overcome barriers of age and language. Grandfather Counts was selected as one of the 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC).
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Counting & Numbers
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
Dewey: E
LCCN: 00035413
Lexile Measure: 570
Series: Reading Rainbow Books
Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.54" W x 10.38" (0.33 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Chinese
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:

In this contemporary intergenerational story, a biracial girl and her Chinese grandfather overcome language differences and develop a special bond.

Gong Gong (Grandfather) is coming from China to live with Helen's family. Helen is excited, but anxious. How will she and her siblings, who know only English, communicate with Gong Gong, who speaks only Chinese?

At first Gong Gong keeps to himself, reading the Chinese newspapers he brought with him. Then one day, as Helen sits outside watching for the train that runs behind her house, Gong Gong joins her. He starts counting the train cars in Chinese, and then teaches Helen the words. Helen reciprocates by teaching Gong Gong to count in English. Soon Helen and Gong Gong are teaching each other more words, and a special bond between them begins to develop and grow.

A moving intergenerational story, Grandfather Counts highlights the universality of the love shared between grandparent and grandchild, a love that helps them cross the boundaries of language and culture.