The Year of the Dog

all the stars!!! this book is so wholesome and i wish i'd read this when i was younger.......more

The Lunar New Year lasts for 15 days, and technically, it ended on February 11th this year, with the first full moon and the traditional Lantern Festival. We were still reading and enjoying Grace Lin's book The Year of the Dog, her first Pacy Lin novel, on the last day of the New Year, but it is jus......more

As perfect as a children's book can be. Lin writes a sweet, direct, hopeful book that never loses its tenderness even when dealing with serious topics. In the course of this short, episodic text, Lin conveys the following: * A light-handed tone that reminds me of Beverly Cleary, although Lin's stated......more

As the author states, "Growing up Asian in a mainly Causcasian community was not a miserable and gloomy existence. But it was different. I wrote Year of the Dog, because I felt that it was important to have a book that addressed those differences in a real and upbeat way. I wrote it because it was t......more