From the Tops of the Trees, Kao Kalia Yang
From the Tops of the Trees, Kao Kalia Yang
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From the Tops of the Trees

Author: Kao Kalia Yang

Narrator: Kao Kalia Yang

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 10/05/2021

Synopsis

Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the Picture Book Category "Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?" Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog. Just four years old, Kalia is still figuring out her place in the world. When she asks what is beyond the fence, at first her father has no answers for her. But on the following day, he leads her to the tallest tree in the camp and, secure in her father's arms, Kalia sees the spread of a world beyond. Kao Kalia Yang's sensitive prose and Rachel Wada's evocative illustrations bring to life this tender true story of the love between a father and a daughter.

About Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to America at the age of six. She is the author of The Latehomecomer, The Song Poet, Yang Warriors, and most recently, Where Rivers Part. She also coedited What God Is Honored Here? and is the author of a collective memoir about refugee lives called Somewhere in the Unknown World. Find out more at KaoKaliaYang.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by donna on May 10, 2021

"For the loving arms that hold us high so we can see beyond the fences of our worlds." -- K.K.Y. "To Kalia, who has gone beyond the tops of the trees to share her story with the world." -- R.W. From the gorgeous cover and the dedication page, you can already tell this is going to be a special book. We......more

Goodreads review by Bandita on June 11, 2021

This story is set in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp told from the POV of a little girl, Kalia. This story shows how their daily life in the camp is against the backdrop of war. That little girl has never known anything other than being in that refugee camp and she wonders what life could be outside that cam......more

Goodreads review by Skip on January 16, 2022

It's 1985 and four-year-old Kalia Yang has lived in a refugee camp all of her life. Her Hmong family is just one of thousands living in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand to escape the secret war in Laos. This book is an ode to her father, who tried to shield her from the forces and politics tha......more

Goodreads review by Erika on November 16, 2021

4.75 stars RTC......more

Goodreads review by Max on July 23, 2022

Kao Kalia Yang writes some of the most gorgeous picture books I’ve ever seen, like A Map Into the World and The Most Beautiful Thing—and this book is personal, recounting her childhood growing up in a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand, and how she learned about the world beyond the camp’s small......more

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