In this beautiful, heartfelt picture book, a young girl moves from a small village to a big city in China, where she longs to find a friend...and ultimately meets someone very much like her.
Liling and her family have moved from their rural farm to an overwhelming urban city. Because of Chinese law, Liling can't go to school and spends her days with Mama or Baba at work. At the playground, the other children throw sand at her and tease her old red coat and dirty shoes.
But after she shares a smile with a girl in a bright yellow jacket who lives in an apartment beneath hers, Liling has a big idea! She draws a picture and lowers it down to the girl--Qiqi--who returns it with a drawing of her own. When the new friends meet face to face, Liling takes Qiqi's hand, and they walk bravely into the park--together.
With luscious watercolor illustrations and lovely poetic text, this achingly beautiful story is about our universal desire for connection, and the comfort we feel when we find a true friend.
- ISBN10 059318193X
- ISBN13 9780593181935
- Publish Date 3 May 2022
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Anne Schwartz Books
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 40
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780593181935