The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Lewis, Rose

Orange Peel's Pocket

32 pp. | Abrams | April, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8109-8394-6 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Grace Zong. Classmates ask Orange Peel (a nickname) questions about her birth country, China. To find the answers, she consults Chinese American adults (e.g., the neighborhood tailor, flower-shop woman, and ice-cream parlor owner). With their help--including objects they secretly slip into her pocket--Orange Peel speaks confidently about China during show-and-tell. The bubbly acrylic paintings juxtapose Orange Peel's neighborhood with a rural Chinese landscape.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt