Caldecott Medal Winner
Newbery Honor Book
APALA Award Winner
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.
New England Book Award Winner
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered watercress as they can.
At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family get food from the grocery store? But when her mother shares a story of her family's time in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Together, they make a new memory of watercress.
Andrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin, working in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques. An author's note in the back shares Andrea's childhood experience with her parents.
2022 年凱迪克金牌獎+紐伯瑞榮譽獎雙料得主
小女孩一家開車行經俄亥俄州,爸媽發現路邊田野長著水茼蒿而停下車,拿起袋子和剪刀就這樣開始採摘水茼蒿。這樣的行為讓小女孩覺得尷尬,晚上面對餐桌上的一盤水茼蒿一點也不想吃。可是當她媽媽將生長在中國的兒時記憶娓娓道來,小女孩開始對水茼蒿有了不同的想法和情感。透過水茼蒿,他們和遙遠的原鄉產生連結……
作者 Andrea Wang 以移民後代的身分,訴說動人的自傳故事,搭配2018年曾以《大峽谷》(Grand Canyon)一書獲凱迪克榮譽獎的美籍華裔作家陳振盼(Jason Chin)的水彩插圖,與讀者分享這段深刻的移民故事。