

Danny Chung Sums It Up
Author: Maisie Chan
Narrator: Eric Mok
Unabridged: 4 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/06/2023
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Author: Maisie Chan
Narrator: Eric Mok
Unabridged: 4 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/06/2023
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Maisie Chan is a British-born Chinese author. She has written early reader books; a collection of fairy tales, myths, and legends in Stories From Around the World; and many stories for the Big Think, a well-being curriculum based around stories for elementary school children. She also started the group Bubble Tea Writers to support and encourage new East and Southeast Asian writers in the United Kingdom. When Maisie isn’t writing, she enjoys yoga, dim sum, and singing really loud. She has lived in the United Kingdom, the United Sates, and Taiwan. Originally from Birmingham, Maisie now lives with her family in Glasgow.
[Blog]::[Youtube]::[Twitter]::[Instagram]::[Pinterest]::[Bloglovin] Firstly, Danny and Nai Nai are the story’s highlights, and I got engrossed in the tale because of them. Danny is a fun character, and I loved his passion for drawing. The author paints the family in a realistic manner, where they......more
A sweet and heartwarming story about generational differences, kindness, and how art and math aren't that different from one another! - Follows Danny Chung, who is looking forward to a fun summer of sleepovers with his friends and art... when his parents surprise him with his grandmother he's never......more
Danny Chung is dismayed when his Chinese grandmother moves into the family's small apartment, and he has to share his bedroom with her! She only speaks a specific dialect of Chinese that Danny can't understand, and she is always embarrassing Danny in front of his friends. Danny has a huge math proje......more
Adorable cross-cultural story about familial love and growing up. Oh how I loved this!! Danny is pretty lovely, a boy who loves drawing, playing knights and comics with his best friend, and trying to follow his Chinese parents' cultural guidelines. He knows they don't have much money, they work hard......more
When 11-year-old Danny Chung’s nai nai, which means grandma in Chinese, unexpectedly moves in with him and his family in England, his entire world is turned upside down. His nai nai flew all the way from China and landed in his bedroom, on the top bunk to be precise! This was not quite the surprise......more
“Narrator Eric Mok strikes just the right tone as eleven-year-old Danny…Mok delivers Nai Nai’s mix of Chinese and English and captures Danny’s frustration at being on Nai Nai duty when he’d rather be drawing comics with his best friend, Ravi…It’s a satisfying intergenerational story that balances the silly and the serious.” AudioFile
“Funny and heartwarming; a balanced equation of family, culture, and being true to yourself.” Kirkus Reviews
“Chan wholeheartedly portrays intergenerational relationships and cross-cultural exchange in a way that resonates.” Publishers Weekly
“[A] humorous, and heartfelt realistic fiction tale with a diverse set of relatable protagonists.” School Library Journal