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My Name Is Yoon

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 1,187 Ratings and 335 Reviews

Book Description
Getting to feel at home in a new country

Yoon's name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tr... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover (7 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-100374351147
ISBN-13978-0374351144
Publication Date04/03/2003
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About Gabi Swiatkowska (Author) : Gabi Swiatkowska is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Gabi Swiatkowska include Yoon and the Jade Bracelet, The Golden Rule, Yoon and the Chris... more
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About Helen Recorvits (Author) : Helen Recorvits is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Helen Recorvits include Yoon and the Jade Bracelet, Yoon and the Christmas Mitten, My Name Is Yoon (Ezra Jac... more
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1/25/2015 Alice Walters said: The story and illustrations of My Name Is Yoon are both so beautiful, I could get carried away using it strictly for a read aloud. If necessary, I would use it also to teach voice, inferences, sequence, and cause and effect.
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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