Nine-In-One Grr! Grr! adapted by Blia Xiong and Cathy Spagnoli, illustrated by Nancy Hom [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
04 Mar, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hmong, Repost
The earth’s first tiger asks the god Shao how many cubs she will have. He promises she will have nine every year, as long as she remembers his words. Bird overhears the prophecy and convinces Tiger...
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Hien’s village is destroyed during the Vietnam War, killing her mother and grandmother. Hien is seriously injured and must go to the U.S. for an operation; after, she begins to live with an American...