TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lu, Bo,
TI  - Bao's doll
SN  - 9781419769214
AV  - PZ7.1.L78 Bao 2024
U1  - [E] 23
PY  - 0000///June 182024///
PB  - Harry N. Abrams
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Taiwanese Americans
KW  - Stealing
N1  - Bo Lu’s picture book Bao’s Doll is a moving story of empathy, forgiveness, and connection about an immigrant mother and her daughter who discover they have more in common than they ever knew.

Whenever Mama says, “when I was a little girl in Taiwan, we had nothing,” Bao stops listening. Mama does not understand Bao, and Bao certainly does not understand Mama.

So when Bao desperately wants a doll—specifically, the beautiful, blonde All-American Artist Amanda doll that everyone else has—Bao takes matters into her own hands and steals Amanda from the store. After getting caught, Bao’s chest feels heavy like a giant rock. But gradually, the awkward silence between Bao and Mama shifts to honesty, and eventually, a deeper understanding of what binds them.

Inspired by the childhood of debut talent Bo Lu, this poignant picture book brings emotional layers to the story of a parent and child learning to connect with their heritage and each other; Ages 4 to 8; Abrams Books for Young Readers
N2  - Bao and Mama come to a deeper understanding of their heritage and each other when Bao is caught stealing
ER  -