Goldfish and Chrysanthemums

by Andrea Cheng

Book Overview

A Chinese American girl helps preserve her grandmother's childhood memories of China by creating a special garden for her in America.

Nancy is helping Ni Ni (Grandma) in the kitchen when a letter arrives from China. Ni Ni grows sad when she reads that her childhood home is being torn down, along with the chrysanthemum-filled garden and fish pond she has always loved.

After Nancy wins two goldfish at the summer fair, she comes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600608892
• ISBN13: 9781600608896
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.2" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

It's a great story!

This is a great book. The little girl in this story is very kind and thoughtful. I am learning Mandarin so I understand some of the words mentioned in the story.

great family read aloud

Nancy is a little Chinese American girl that lives with her parents and grandmother in the USA. One day her grandma gets a letter from her brother in China. The letter says that they are tearing down the old house where they use to live to make some new apartment buildings. This makes grandmother sad. She tells Nancy that there was a fish pond in the middle of the house that she worked in with her father. Nancy goes to a school fair and wins some goldfish. This gives her an idea. She wants to make grandma a fish pond with a garden like the one she had in China. It's hard work but Nancy and her brother work hard and it makes grandma so happy when she sees the garden! The story was neat. I liked how the girl loved her grandma and she didn't want her to be sad so we worked hard to make her happy again. I would recommend this book to others. This is a good story to share as a family and talk about feelings.

A Family Story

Nancy decides to make a garden in the backyard like the one that her grandmother remembers from China. The story is a quiet and loving family tale and the illustrations are muted green, orange, and gold. Karen Woodworth Roman www.librarians.info