Book Detail

Lotus Seed, The

Publication Information
Author:  Garland, Sherry Illustrator:  Kiuchi, Tatsuro
Title:  Lotus Seed, The Date:  1993
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich City:  San Diego
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-249465-0 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
A young girl tells her grandmother's story of carrying a lotus seed with her from Vietnam, losing it, and then regaining it. The author wants to share "how a family's heritage is passed from one generation to the next and how hope, like the lotus seed, can survive through the worst of circumstances."

Teaching Ideas:
This book might provoke discussions about immigrants and their needs, special family treasures, Vietnamese history or geography. Students might want to write creative or expository responses. It could be part of a unit about immigrants, perhaps to be used with Bunting's How Many Days to America? The text is quite easy, and the book ends with a page on Vietnamese history. For additional titles on family history, see the Family History Matrix.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > Asian-American
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > hopes/dreams
bullet Family > family history
bullet Family > grandparents > grandmothers
bullet Geography > locations > countries > Vietnam
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > immigration
bullet History > topic > war > refugees
bullet Communities > multicultural


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