{"product_id":"my-name-is-yoon-9780374351144","title":"My Name Is Yoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting to feel at home in a new country\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoon's name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different names - maybe CAT or BIRD. Maybe CUPCAKE! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Recorvits's spare and inspiring story about a little girl finding her place in a new country is given luminous pictures filled with surprising vistas and dreamscapes by Gabi Swiatkowska. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Yoon\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Recorvits \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of two books for older readers, \u003ci\u003eWhere Heroes Hide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Walter Malinski\u003c\/i\u003e, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She lives in Glocester, Rhode Island. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabi Swiatkowska\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated one other picture book, \u003ci\u003e Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas \u003c\/i\u003eby Sally Derby. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556149989650,"sku":"9780374351144","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfb5b7a4-adf2-46de-9ff1-1fbddfe8dac4.jpg?v=1731748731","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-name-is-yoon-9780374351144","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}