In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van

In a Village by the Sea

In a Village by the Sea

In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van and illustrated by April Chu introduces kids and adults alike to another part of the world through a simple story about a fisherman and his family who live in a small home in a village by the sea in Vietnam. The family is waiting for the fisherman, who is caught in a storm, to come home. It’s a story about family, about love, about waiting, about hope. The repetitive structure adds a lyricism and beauty to the words that perfectly complements the gorgeous illustrations.

The book is a great one to add to your library because of its beautiful illustrations and its multicultural content. But I’ll add my own two-cents which, these days, seems to be something of a political statement. If you go back and look at my posts, you’ll notice that the vast majority of books I review are published by small, independent presses. This book is no exception, published by the extraordinarily tiny one-woman press, Creston Books.

If you care about diversity in books, if you have ever tweeted or blogged or facebooked or spoken in support of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, then you need to pay more attention to small, indie presses…and you need to support them by buying their books. Indie presses are the ones who are really doing it and have been doing it for years, long before the hashtag.

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