Soyung Pak (author)
Joung Un Kim (illustrator)
Sumi's First Day of School Ever
Viking, 2003
Our brave heroine is Sumi, whose first day of school is preceded by practicing a single conversation with her mother: "What is your name? My name is Sumi." As her mother leaves, Sumi's initial perception of school is that it is a lonely place. That is followed by feeling that school is a scary and mean place. But with an apology, a smile, an encouraging gesture, and a shared activity, Sumi comes to see her school as "not-so-mean" and "not-so-scary," and "not-so-lonely." Soyung Pak's story is elegantly crafted and sensitively written.
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