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Me and Mr. Mah [Paperback]

Andrea Spalding (Author), Janet Wilson (Illustrator)
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Grade 1-3-After his parents' separation, Ian and his mother move far from their farm home on the prairie to a large Canadian city. There, Mr. Mah, a Chinese neighbor, introduces the boy to gardening, and they share memories of earlier times and distant places-his neighbor's youth in China, and Ian's childhood on the farm. Each one has a memory box filled with tangible items from those places. After Ian's mother relocates them to a new neighborhood, he comes across his friend's memory box in a secondhand store. He tracks down the old man, who has broken a hip and moved. They renew their friendship, which helps them both cope with life's changes. Each pleasing watercolor painting, rich in blues, greens, yellows, and browns, spills across to the opposite page, softly merging with a smaller illustration. Ample white space surrounds the text. Despite some stilted language and occasional heavy-handedness, this title should be considered for collections needing material on intergenerational or interracial relationships.
Diane S. Marton, Arlington County Library, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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After his parents divorce, young Ian moves with his mother to the city. He fiercely misses his father and the farm, both of which are now a thousand miles away. He's intrigued, though, by the lushness of the yard next door, where his neighbor Mr. Mah grows Chinese vegetables and sunflowers. One morning Ian finds a package of sunflower seeds the neighbor has left for him, and soon he is sharing tea with old Mr. Mah, who calls him "Yan" (wild goose in Chinese). Ian shows Mr. Mah the special box where he keeps sweet-smelling hay from the farm, a bleached cow bone, and other things that remind him of his dad. Mr. Mah reciprocates by showing Ian a box of small mementos from China. Ian loses track of Mr. Mah when he and his mother move to a house across town with a bigger yard, but he finds the old man again and plants more sunflower seeds as he thinks of his friend. The lavish illustrations fill the pages with greens and golds; artifacts, such as the boxes, Mr. Mah's dragon teapot, and Ian's toy tractor, are imbued with all the energy of icons. Ian and Mr. Mah are fully realized, recognizable presences on the page, and the story deals with the ideas of separation and loss in a gentle but understandable way that children will immediately grasp. GraceAnne A. DeCandido --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful story, May 5 2010
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Melissa Everitt-dallinger "missa" (Edmonton, AB, CAN) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this book for a school project. It is a beautiful story which made my eyes tear up. I would encourage everyone to read this book to remind them that everyone needs a friend and deserves to be heard.
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