Tea With Milk
Publication Information
Author:  Say, Allen	Illustrator:  Say, Allen
Title:  Tea With Milk	Date:  1999
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-395-90495-1	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, true story, memoirs/reminiscences
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
May (the author's mother) is learning American ways when her family moves back to Japan. When her parents hire a matchmaker to find her a husband, May moves to Osaka, begins a career, and finds her own happiness.
Teaching Ideas:
Students may want to discuss or write about Say's beautiful illustrations, which reflect the story perfectly. Other discussion/ writing possibilities include being raised in a different culture, conflicting societal roles, role of women in different cultures or across generations, or adaptation vs. maintaining one's cultural ways in a new environment. ESL students may want to focus on the issue of "Americanization" or explore the bilingualism in the story and relate it to their own lives. A text set about Allen Say (especially Grandfather's Journey) might spark learner interest in writing their own family stories. www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/nea/jap.htm
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Social Studies > anthropology > cultures Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal Family > family history Family > marriage > marriage customs Geography > locations > countries > Japan Social Studies > sociology > social issues > immigration Work > careers Social Studies > sociology > women > women's issues

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