A Place to Grow

Author: Soyung Pak

Illustrator: Marcelino Truong

Title: A Place to Grow

Genre: Children’s picture book

Sub genre: immigration

Theme: fiction

Primary and secondary characters: Father, Daughter

Date: 2002

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Publisher Company: Scholastic Press Inc.

Brief summary on how to use for students:  This book can be used in order to show immigration. Students will be able to read this and relate if any of their parents have immigrated to the United States or also if they have immigrated from another country.

Summary: A daughter is helping her father garden their yard and he explains that a family is like a seed. The seed needs a good and safe place to grow and live. He also explains that the seed is able to travel anywhere they desire whether it be a hop away or long and hard journey.