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About The Book
One day Katie gets her wish, but nothing is the way she'd imagined it. GninGnin swings a heavy mallet from sunup to sundown in a noisy, smelly room, earning barely enough for bus fare and a fish for dinner. That evening, when Katie eats the delicious meal that GninGnin has cooked -- "made with love as strong as ginger and dreams as thick as black-bean paste" -- she has a new understanding of her beloved grandma's hard life, and the sacrifices she's made to give her granddaughter a brighter future.
All the poignancy of Lenore Look's beautifully realized story -- based on her own childhood memories of her Chinese immigrant grandmother -- is captured in Caldecott Honor Medalist Stephen T. Johnson's sensitive, expressive pastels.
About The Illustrator
Stephen T. Johnson is the creator of such well-known children’s books as My Little Red Toolbox, My Little Blue Robot, and Alphabet City, recipient of a Caldecott Honor, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. His artwork can be found in permanent and public collections including the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and the DeKalb Avenue Subway Station in Brooklyn, New York. Stephen is a professor at the University of Kansas, and he lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (May 1, 1999)
- Length: 32 pages
- ISBN13: 9780689812484
- Grades: P - 3
- Ages: 4 - 8
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Awards and Honors
- Booklist Editors' Choice
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
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High Resolution Images
- Book Cover Image (jpg): Love As Strong As Ginger Hardcover 9780689812484(0.4 MB)
- Author Photo (jpg): Lenore Look Photo courtesy of the author(0.5 MB)
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