Children's Fiction Multigenerational
The Key Collection
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Initial publish date
- May 2003
- Category
- Multigenerational
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780805071535
- Publish Date
- May 2003
- List Price
- $18.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
An intergenerational and cross-cultural story of love and friendship.
The lines around Ni Ni’s eyes were deeper than before. Her hair was thin and grey. I wanted to tell her that she didn’t have to move. She didn’t have to move at all. Nobody would make her. We could explain to Auntie Helen that she was not ready. Not yet. Not for a long while.
Xiao Jimmy’s Grandma Ni Ni is his favorite person in all the world. Ni Ni cooks delicious jiao zi, teaches Jimmy Chinese characters, and always has wonderful stories and fascinating objects—like the key collection—to share with him. So when Jimmy learns that Ni Ni must move far away to California, he feels he’s losing his best friend. In time, however, Jimmy discovers there are ways to bridge distance, and to make new friends in the process.
This warm and reassuring novel explores a special relationship that crosses cultures and generations, and holds strong when tested.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Andrea Cheng is the author of the picture bookGrandfather Counts, and the middle-grade novel Marika. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family.
Yangsook Choiis the illustrator ofRice Is LifeandNim and the War Effort, as well asNew Cat. Born and raised in Korea, she now lives in New York City.