12. I hate English!

Levine, Ellen & Bjorkman, Steve (illustrator). I hate English!. New York : Scholastic, c2009.

  Title:  I hate English!
  Author:  Ellen Levine
  Publisher:  Scholastic
  Year of publish: c2009
  Audience: Aged 5-8
  Subject: Culture and customs

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This book has won an award of ALA Notable Children’s Books in 1990.
It is one of children books from Ellen Levine, whose writing style is easy to understand, informative in emotionally intense tone. The title has showed strong emotion at the first glance. Her books usually base on real life experiences of children. The book is about when a young Chinese girl Mei Mei migrated to New York from Hong Kong. She refused to speak English. She only enjoyed staying in Chinatown and speaking in Chinese. Because she was afraid she would lost her Chinese culture after speaking English. Does it sounds relatable? The book will be useful for children language and culture barrier issues as well as others to understanding them. The watercolour illustrations capture every single emotion of the characters. It is great for children aged 5-8.