TY  - BOOK
AU  - Umrigar,Thrity N.
AU  - Le,Khoa
TI  - Sugar in milk
SN  - 9780762495191
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - RP Kids
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Homesickness
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Loneliness
KW  - Aunts
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Iranian Americans
KW  - Iranians
KW  - India
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Immigrant children
KW  - Loneliness in children
KW  - Folk tales
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Picture books
KW  - Social problem fiction
N2  - "A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins. A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them, determined to refuse their request for refuge. But there was a language barrier, so the king filled a glass with milk and pointed to it as a way of saying that the land was full and couldn't accommodate the strangers. Then, the leader of the refugees dissolved sugar in the glass of milk. His message was clear: Like sugar in milk, our presence in your country will sweeten your lives. The king embraced the refugee, welcoming him and his people. The folktale depicted in this book was a part of author Thrity Umrigar's Zoroastrian upbringing as a Parsi child in India, but resonates for children of all backgrounds, especially those coming to a new homeland" --Amazon.com
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