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Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Illustrator: Jaime Kim
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1332-4
Keywords: Korea, Korean-Americans, Mothers and Sons, Urbanization
The urbanized Korea that a child encounters on his first visit there doesn't match the nostalgic stories his mother has told him. But some things remain the same. Evocative illustrations.