First edition.

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Nutmeg Book Award nominee, Grades 2-3 Elementary, 2024.

"A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins. A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them, determined to refuse their request for refuge. But there was a language barrier, so the king filled a glass with milk and pointed to it as a way of saying that the land was full and couldn't accommodate the strangers. Then, the leader of the refugees dissolved sugar in the glass of milk. His message was clear: Like sugar in milk, our presence in your country will sweeten your lives. The king embraced the refugee, welcoming him and his people. The folktale depicted in this book was a part of author Thrity Umrigar's Zoroastrian upbringing as a Parsi child in India, but resonates for children of all backgrounds, especially those coming to a new homeland" --Amazon.com.

Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.

Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction.

Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.

Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction.

Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.

Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.

Iranian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Iranians -- India -- Juvenile fiction.

Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.

Immigrant children -- Fiction.

Immigrants -- Fiction.

Iranian Americans -- Fiction.

Homesickness -- Fiction.

Loneliness in children -- Fiction.

Aunts -- Fiction.

Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.

Iranians -- India -- Fiction.

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings.

Aunts.

Emigration and immigration.

Homesickness.

Immigrants.

Iranian Americans.

Iranians.

Kings and rulers.

Loneliness.

Refugees.

India.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Picture books.

Social problem fiction.

Picture books.

Social problem fiction.

Le, Khoa, 1982-

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