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Book cover for Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller. An illustration depicts two tween Asian girls crossing a crosswalk with a fluffy white dog, their sprawling NYC neighborhood behind them against a blue sky.

Connecting a community one sock at a time

Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller

May 15, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Magnolia Wu is almost ten. She spends a lot of time at her parent’s establishment, the Bing Qi Ling Bubbles Laundromat. Her loneliness leads to lots of creative thinking: on one wall is her bulletin board of lost socks, lone socks left behind by customers. While new friend and California transplant Iris is visiting, a customer xenophobically Karens out on Magnolia’s mom, and Magnolia nearly throws out her sock wall in a fit of anger. But Iris proposes they start the NYC Sock Detective project, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: chanel miller, children's book, Chinese American author, Chinese American families, Immigrants, middle grade, New York City, Quick read

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: chanel miller, children's book, Chinese American author, Chinese American families, Immigrants, middle grade, New York City, Quick read ·
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Ching Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day

Clear and Bright: A Ching Ming Festival Story by Teresa Robeson and William Low

April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Clear and Bright: A Ching Ming Festival Story by Teresa Robeson and illustrated by William Low is currently available, but I read via an online reader copy. This book is a nice book on diversity. It is a fun read, not a WOOW BEST BOOK EVER (or WBBE) but it has a lot of great points. We learn about the Ching Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day. We see how a family passes down their traditions to the next generation. As the publisher’s description says, our […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: Ancestor worship, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Chinese American families, community, Emigration, family, Holidays & Celebrations, Immigration & Refugees, Teresa Robeson, Teresa Robeson and William Low, traditions, William Low

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:187 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: Ancestor worship, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Chinese American families, community, Emigration, family, Holidays & Celebrations, Immigration & Refugees, Teresa Robeson, Teresa Robeson and William Low, traditions, William Low ·
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