{"product_id":"the-paper-boat-a-refugee-story","title":"The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed a best picture book of 2020 by Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, New York Public Library, the Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books - a heartfelt and personal immigration story by critically acclaimed author Thao LamNew from Thao Lam, the award-winning author of picture books My Cat Looks Like My Dad, Wallpaper, and Skunk on a String, comes a personal story inspired by her familys refugee journey.In The Paper Boat, Thaos signature collage art tells the wordless story of one familys escape from Vietnam-a journey intertwined with an ant colonys parallel narrative.At her home in Vietnam, a girl rescues ants from the sugar water set out to trap them. Later, when the girls family flees war-torn Vietnam, ants lead them through the moonlit jungle to the boat that will take them to safety. Before boarding, the girl folds a paper boat from a bun wrapper and drops it into the water, and the ants climb on. Their perilous journey, besieged by punishing weather, predatory birds, and dehydration, before reaching a new beginning, mirrors the familys own.Impressionistic collages and a moving, Own Voices narrative make this a one-of-a-kind tale of courage, resilience, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Owlkids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45888470286534,"sku":"DADAX1771473630","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71oh3IoGW-L.jpg?v=1779958798","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/the-paper-boat-a-refugee-story","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}