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Every child is bursting with amazing possibilities and poet Bao Phi celebrates the complex identity of the children of immigrants and refugees.

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An affirmation for Asian American youth. Scenes of outstretched hands reaching for one another and an Asian parent gardening with a child greet readers. You are life, opens the poem, going on to add, You are not a virus. / You are a seed. When you were born, / you saved me. Above an apartment window, an expectant couple waits in anticipation as the text reads, You are not forever foreign. / You are Immigrant. / Born here. / Adopted. / Refugee, you fled a war. Li layers lines, blocks, and shapes of colors to create eye-popping fields filled with noodles, onigiri, and children. After touching on a myriad of interests and cultural references, the tone becomes more rousing, challenging model minority stereotypes and insisting that You are not invisible. / You are not silent. / You are hand-painted signs, / people marching together in the street / for a more just world. The paths paved by ancestors are also acknowledged. As Phi discusses the silly, the funny, the serious, and the inspiring, the overarching, stirring message is that the possibilities for the future are endless. In an author's note, Phi reveals the verses were written in response to the recent rise of anti-Asian hate. Asian children take center stage, and Vietnamese is incorporated in the poem; kids of other ethnic backgrounds are also depicted, and characters vary in terms of ability. (This book was reviewed digitally.) A sweet and empowering poem. (Poetry. 4-8)-- Kirkus Reviews

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Bao Phi was born in Vietnam and raised in the Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis. He is an author, a poet, a community organizer, and a father. Hannah Li is a New York-based illustrator from China. She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design and provides illustrations for newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Harper's Bazaar. She illustrates for publishers such as Penguin Random House and Macmillan. Hannah's work has been recognized by the Red Dot Award, Communication Arts, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 3x3, and many more.

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