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Luli and the Language of Tea

Andrea Wang

While their mothers attend an English as a Second Language class, Luli and other children spend time in a nearby childcare room. Because they do not yet speak English, they mostly play on their own. Luli changes that by setting out tea and calling it by its Chinese name. The other children recognize related words from Arabic, Russian, Farsi, Hebrew, and other languages, and a tea party brings them together.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Diversity And Inclusion · Food And Cooking · Friendship · Language And Communication
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Neal Porter Books
Published
May 24, 2022
Pages
40
ISBN-13
9780823446148
Language
English
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