Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

A different pond

A young boy accompanies his dad to catch fish for food before the sunrises and before other family members awake. The dad tells the bait man at the all-night store that he is starting a second job. The boy meets a Hmong man and a black man who are also fishing -- but this time, it is just the boy and his dad under the starlit sky. The boy learns to make a fire and to bait his hook and to honor the stories of his Dad as he explains how life was in Vietnam when he was a boy. When they return home, the dad and mom head to work while the boy looks after his brothers and sisters.

Phi, Bao

Capstone Young Readers

2017

978-1-62370-803-0

North Mankato, MN

Abstract provided by Valerie Ubbes, 2023