Peach Girl by Raymond Nakamura, illustrated by Rebecca Bender
01 Oct, by Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American
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Lest you're tempted to dismiss this as just another gender-bender version of a familiar tale, banish that thought immediately! Yes, our hero bursts forth from a peach to become the child of an until-then childless older couple, and yes, her name is Momoko – literally...