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. Volume X Number 6. . . . November 14, 2003
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This is a lovely book about "doing your own thing." The watercolour illustrations by Stéphane Jorisch are particularly appealing, with wonderful expressions on the faces of Suki and her classmates. It would make a good "read-aloud" book for nursery-grade 3, and it could also be used to introduce the subject of different ethnic backgrounds. Highly Recommended. Helen Norrie has taught courses in children's literature at the Faculty of Education, the University of Manitoba, and also writes a regular children's literature column for the Winnipeg Free Press.
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On her first day of school and despite her older sisters' warnings that it "isn't cool," Suki is determined to wear her lovely blue kimono that was given to her by her grandmother during the summer holidays. When Suki arrives at school, she gets plenty of snide comments and laughter, but she simply "concentrated on sitting up straight and tall, the way her obachan always did." After Suki demonstrates how the dancers at the festival performed, the children clap and congratulate her. On the way home, her sisters are upset that no one noticed their new clothes, but everyone noticed Suki.