{"product_id":"my-chinatown-one-year-in-poems-9780064437325","title":"My Chinatown: One Year in Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Chinatown\u003c\/em\u003e is a critically acclaimed, spectacularly illustrated picture book homage to family, culture, and a childhood spent in one of the most striking places in any city--Chinatown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKam Mak grew up in a place of two cultures, one existing within the other. Using extraordinarily beautiful paintings and moving poems, he shares a year of growing up in this small city within a city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Chinatown\u003c\/em\u003e explores a boy's first year in the United States--after emigrating from China--as he grows to love his new home in Chinatown through food, games, and the people surrounding him. Through Kam Mak's spare verse and richly detailed artwork, the streets of Chinatown come vividly alive. Included in Brightly.com's 2017 list of recommended diverse poetry picture books for kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinatown--a place of dragons and dreams; fireflies and memories\u003cbr\u003eChinatown--full of wonder and magic; fireworks on New Year's Day and a delicious smell on every corner\u003cbr\u003eChinatown--where every day brings something familiar and something wondrously new to a small boy\u003cbr\u003eChinatown--home?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMak, Kam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKam Mak grew up in New York City's Chinatown. He earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, and since then he has illustrated book jackets for numerous publishers and taught painting at the Fashion Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has also illustrated \u003cem\u003eThe Moon of the Monarch Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e by Jean Craighead George, \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Panda\u003c\/em\u003e by Miriam Schlein, and \u003cem\u003eThe Dragon Prince\u003c\/em\u003e by Laurence Yep. Kam Mak lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, son, and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613332508946,"sku":"9780064437325","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9bff0d1-ad99-49b6-827e-77be1186c342.jpg?v=1732396188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-chinatown-one-year-in-poems-9780064437325","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}