An Mei's Strange and Wondrous Journey
Illustrator
Vivienne Flesher
Publisher
DK Children
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9780789424778
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A picture book illustrated by the award-winning artist of Lullaby Raft follows the life of a six-year-old orphaned girl born in China, who is adopted and brought to America, where she learns to adjust to her new, unfamiliar home.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
AD570L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; adoptive family; adoptive parents; adoptive mother; adoptive father; interracial/transracial adoption; international adoption; interracial family
Main Character
female baby; female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Chinese) / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 1999 Five to Nine Today
Keywords
China; train; swan; journey; orphanage; babies; bamboo; wind; ice; beard; plane; ocean; panda; swing; mother; safety
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Molnar-Fenton, Stephan, "An Mei's Strange and Wondrous Journey" (1998). Diverse Families. 1754.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1754