Author: Ng¿c (Bi) Nguy¿n
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636766119
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Have you ever felt strangely out of place? Have you ever thought you didn't truly belong? Weird Culture Kids is a memoir about growing up in and between different cultures and experiencing the world through international lenses. It goes deep into the author's journey from birth to adolescence, navigating the different cultures she lived in, encountered, and consciously chose as part of her identity. Sprinkled with conversations with other, culturally-speaking, Weirdos, this book gives insights into coping mechanisms for relocation. Nguyễn explores questions around cultures, identities and belonging, such as: Can you be from a place? What happens when part of your identity disappears? What's the relationship between language and identity? What does the question "Where are you from" actually mean? You'll discover you don't have to belong to a physical man-made piece of land or a nation-state. You can belong to people, cities and memories. You can belong to a shared habit, a song or a dance routine. Can "Home" ever be the feeling of acceptance?
Weird Culture Kids
Author: Ng¿c (Bi) Nguy¿n
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636766119
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Have you ever felt strangely out of place? Have you ever thought you didn't truly belong? Weird Culture Kids is a memoir about growing up in and between different cultures and experiencing the world through international lenses. It goes deep into the author's journey from birth to adolescence, navigating the different cultures she lived in, encountered, and consciously chose as part of her identity. Sprinkled with conversations with other, culturally-speaking, Weirdos, this book gives insights into coping mechanisms for relocation. Nguyễn explores questions around cultures, identities and belonging, such as: Can you be from a place? What happens when part of your identity disappears? What's the relationship between language and identity? What does the question "Where are you from" actually mean? You'll discover you don't have to belong to a physical man-made piece of land or a nation-state. You can belong to people, cities and memories. You can belong to a shared habit, a song or a dance routine. Can "Home" ever be the feeling of acceptance?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636766119
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Have you ever felt strangely out of place? Have you ever thought you didn't truly belong? Weird Culture Kids is a memoir about growing up in and between different cultures and experiencing the world through international lenses. It goes deep into the author's journey from birth to adolescence, navigating the different cultures she lived in, encountered, and consciously chose as part of her identity. Sprinkled with conversations with other, culturally-speaking, Weirdos, this book gives insights into coping mechanisms for relocation. Nguyễn explores questions around cultures, identities and belonging, such as: Can you be from a place? What happens when part of your identity disappears? What's the relationship between language and identity? What does the question "Where are you from" actually mean? You'll discover you don't have to belong to a physical man-made piece of land or a nation-state. You can belong to people, cities and memories. You can belong to a shared habit, a song or a dance routine. Can "Home" ever be the feeling of acceptance?
Kids Are Weird
Author: Jeffrey Brown
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452137714
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
As he's shown in his previous hugely popular books, Jeffrey Brown has a real gift for finding humor in quirky yet universal truths. Now the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess brings his witty comic observations to terrestrial parenting in this perceptive book celebrating the more surreal moments of raising a child. In charming colorful panels, Brown wryly illustrates his fiveyear- old son's take on the world around him, from watching TV ("Elton John looks pretty in that shirt") to playing with toys ("This truck can survive on very little water") to odd requests ("Don't feel happy at me"), capturing the sweetly weird times that mothers and fathers everywhere experience with their own curious, pure-minded kids.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452137714
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
As he's shown in his previous hugely popular books, Jeffrey Brown has a real gift for finding humor in quirky yet universal truths. Now the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess brings his witty comic observations to terrestrial parenting in this perceptive book celebrating the more surreal moments of raising a child. In charming colorful panels, Brown wryly illustrates his fiveyear- old son's take on the world around him, from watching TV ("Elton John looks pretty in that shirt") to playing with toys ("This truck can survive on very little water") to odd requests ("Don't feel happy at me"), capturing the sweetly weird times that mothers and fathers everywhere experience with their own curious, pure-minded kids.
Weird But True 9
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426328931
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426328931
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
Weird Kid
Author: Greg van Eekhout
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062970623
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
From the author of Cog and Voyage of the Dogs, Weird Kid is a hilarious and heartfelt homage to everyone who feels like they don’t belong. Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Stuart Gibbs. Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the fact that he has shapeshifting abilities he can’t control. Or that his parents found him as a ball of goo when he was a baby. Keeping his powers in check is crucial, though, if he wants to live a normal life and go to middle school instead of being homeschooled (and if he wants to avoid being kidnapped and experimented on, of course). Things feel like they’re going his way when he survives his first day of school without transforming and makes a new friend. But when mysterious sinkholes start popping up around town—sinkholes filled with the same extraterrestrial substance as Jake—and his neighbors, classmates, and even his family start acting a little, well, weird, Jake will have to learn to use his powers in order to save his town. "The short page count, humor, and action make this a good choice for reluctant readers. A solid purchase for school and public libraries." —School Library Journal
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062970623
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
From the author of Cog and Voyage of the Dogs, Weird Kid is a hilarious and heartfelt homage to everyone who feels like they don’t belong. Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Stuart Gibbs. Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the fact that he has shapeshifting abilities he can’t control. Or that his parents found him as a ball of goo when he was a baby. Keeping his powers in check is crucial, though, if he wants to live a normal life and go to middle school instead of being homeschooled (and if he wants to avoid being kidnapped and experimented on, of course). Things feel like they’re going his way when he survives his first day of school without transforming and makes a new friend. But when mysterious sinkholes start popping up around town—sinkholes filled with the same extraterrestrial substance as Jake—and his neighbors, classmates, and even his family start acting a little, well, weird, Jake will have to learn to use his powers in order to save his town. "The short page count, humor, and action make this a good choice for reluctant readers. A solid purchase for school and public libraries." —School Library Journal
Weird But True 8: Expanded Edition
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426331185
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426331185
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
Weird But True! 5
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN: 1426311249
Category : Children's questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A collection of fun and surprising facts about our world.
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN: 1426311249
Category : Children's questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A collection of fun and surprising facts about our world.
Weird But True 1: Expanded Edition
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426331045
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426331045
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
If I Ran the Zoo
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0394800818
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0394800818
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.
Between Worlds
Author: Marilyn Gardner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983865384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Marilyn Gardner was raised in Pakistan and went on to raise her own five children in Pakistan and Egypt before moving to small town New England. This book will resonate with those who have lived outside of their passport country, as well as those who have not. These essays explore the rootlessness and grief as well as the unexpected moments of humor and joy that are a part of living between two worlds."--Back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983865384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Marilyn Gardner was raised in Pakistan and went on to raise her own five children in Pakistan and Egypt before moving to small town New England. This book will resonate with those who have lived outside of their passport country, as well as those who have not. These essays explore the rootlessness and grief as well as the unexpected moments of humor and joy that are a part of living between two worlds."--Back cover.
The Anthropology of Childhood
Author: David F. Lancy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107072662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Enriched with anecdotes from ethnography and the daily media, this revised edition examines family structure, reproduction, profiles of children's caretakers, their treatment at different ages, their play, work, schooling, and transition to adulthood. The result is a nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past and present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107072662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Enriched with anecdotes from ethnography and the daily media, this revised edition examines family structure, reproduction, profiles of children's caretakers, their treatment at different ages, their play, work, schooling, and transition to adulthood. The result is a nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past and present.