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  • Grandfather Counts

Grandfather Counts

Author
Illustrator
Ange Zheng
Publication Date
September 01, 2000
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Grandfather Counts

Only 4 copies currently available
Description

In this contemporary intergenerational story, a biracial girl and her Chinese grandfather overcome language differences and develop a special bond.

Gong Gong (Grandfather) is coming from China to live with Helen's family. Helen is excited, but anxious. How will she and her siblings, who know only English, communicate with Gong Gong, who speaks only Chinese?

At first Gong Gong keeps to himself, reading the Chinese newspapers he brought with him. Then one day, as Helen sits outside watching for the train that runs behind her house, Gong Gong joins her. He starts counting the train cars in Chinese, and then teaches Helen the words. Helen reciprocates by teaching Gong Gong to count in English. Soon Helen and Gong Gong are teaching each other more words, and a special bond between them begins to develop and grow.

A moving intergenerational story, Grandfather Counts highlights the universality of the love shared between grandparent and grandchild, a love that helps them cross the boundaries of language and culture.

Publication date
September 01, 2000
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781584301585
Lexile Measure
570
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
BISAC categories
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
Andrea Cheng
When she was eight, Andrea Cheng cleared out a space behind her house and made a garden just like the one in this book. Though she passed away in 2015, her books will continue to inspire. Learn more at andreacheng.com.

Patrice Barton earned a BFA in studio art from the University of Texas-Austin and illustrates books for children. Visit her at patricebarton.com.
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