My 7 yr old daughter (who is in an Accelerated Reading program) had gotten this book from her school library and we absolutely loved it. Because their school doesn't allow 1st graders to bring home library books we also checked it out of our public library, then she could read both at school and home.
It is a wonderful tale of adoption and how Ada (the child it is written about)associates her 3 names with each person/place they are given to her. This is the perfect story for any child but maybe even especially one from China. The artwork is astonishing as well. We marvelled at it each time we read it and we read it enough to practically memorize it, but that is not stopping us from wanting to own it. Children and adults both will enjoy this wonderful story.
It is a wonderful tale of adoption and how Ada (the child it is written about)associates her 3 names with each person/place they are given to her. This is the perfect story for any child but maybe even especially one from China. The artwork is astonishing as well. We marvelled at it each time we read it and we read it enough to practically memorize it, but that is not stopping us from wanting to own it. Children and adults both will enjoy this wonderful story.
