Although the child enjoys the outing as a special adventure with his dad, they are fishing for food, not sport, and they must be home in time for the father to leave for work. The story is told from the boy’s perspective, as his father wakes him long before dawn to go fishing. “This gorgeous tale about a father/son fishing trip shows the interconnectedness of family and the inexorable way that generational history impacts the present.
A Few ReviewsĪ 2018 Caldecott Honor Book that Kirkus Reviews calls “a must-read for our times,” It made several best books of the year lists, including Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Shelf Awareness. His first children’s book, A Different Pond, received six starred reviews and won multiple awards including a Caldecott Honor, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association award for best picture book, the Minnesota Book Award for picture books, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award for excellence in children’s book writing. Thi Bui’s striking, evocative art paired with Phi’s expertly crafted prose has earned this powerful picture books six starred reviews and numerous awards.
A successful catch meant a fed family.īetween hope-filled casts, Bao’s father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Graphic novelist Thi Bui and acclaimed poet Bao Phi deliver a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and son – and between cultures, old and new.Īs a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father’s long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. A Different Pond is an unforgettable story about a simple event – a long-ago fishing trip.
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