{"id":3333,"date":"2009-07-02T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T20:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2015-01-08T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:58:22","slug":"a-gift-by-yong-chen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/a-gift-by-yong-chen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gift by Yong Chen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Gift-Yong-Chen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29637\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Gift-Yong-Chen.jpg\" alt=\"Gift Yong Chen\" width=\"379\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Every Chinese New Year, Amy\u2019s mother feels particularly homesick for her family living on the other side of the world in China. This year, a package arrives with a letter that tells the story of a remarkable stone found in Uncle Zhong\u2019s fields, that was taken to Uncle Ming who carved it into something special, who shared it with Aunt Mei who sent the special gift to Amy to celebrate the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Chen cleverly captures the lives of all four siblings by including detailed surroundings \u2013 the steam from the rice cooker, a laughing stone Buddha in front of the house, traditional wooden-design windows, calligraphy scrolls both displayed and rolled up. His watercolors that capture the faraway lives of the three Chinese siblings are especially noteworthy, and young Amy seems to glow with her shy smile \u2026 but something about the various images of Amy\u2019s mother, especially her blank gaze on the story\u2019s first page, proves a bit disturbing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Chinese New Year, Amy\u2019s mother feels particularly homesick for her family living on the other side of the world in China. 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