Apple Pie Fourth of July (Paperback)

Janet S. Wong

ISBN 10: 0152057080 / ISBN 13: 9780152057084

Published by Voyager Books,U.S., 2006

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Paperback. No one wants Chinese food on the Fourth of July, I say.We're in apple-pie America, and my parents are cooking chow mein! .They just don't get it.Americans do not eat Chinese food on the Fourth of July.Right?Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on this all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese-American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are.But as the parade passes by and fireworks light the sky, she learns a lesson of her own.This award-winning author-illustrator team returns with a lighthearted look at the very American experience of mixed cultures. Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese-American girl tries to tell her parents how things really are. But as the fireworks light the sky, she learns a surprising lesson. Full color. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Apple Pie Fourth of July (Paperback)
• Publisher: Voyager Books,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152057080
• ISBN 13: 9780152057084
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Chodos-Irvine, Margaret
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are. But as the parade passes by and fireworks light the sky, she learns a surprising lesson.

About the Authors

JANET S. WONG is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young readers. Her picture books include Apple Pie Fourth of July, Hide and Seek, and Buzz, all illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, and The Trip Back Home, illustrated by Bo Jia. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

MARGARET CHODOS-IRVINE is the author and illustrator of Best Best Friends and Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, a Caldecott Honor Book. She also illustrated Apple Pie Fourth of July,Hide and Seek, and Buzz, all by Janet S. Wong, Once Around the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson, Only You by Robin Cruise, and My House Is Singing by Betsy R. Rosenthal. Margaret Chodos-Irvine lives in Seattle, Washington.