Books like Home in a Lunchbox
By Cherry Mo
For the kid who's ever felt like the new one in the room, this is a quiet reminder that comfort can travel in a lunchbox. Tender, quiet, warmly observant.
On a rainy Saturday, a young girl feeling as gray as a pigeon joins her mom on a trip to their favorite Chinatown store, gathering produce, seafood, and spices for a family dinner.
An American sailor falls for a young Japanese woman, and each one secretly practices eating the other's way — chopsticks or fork and knife — determined not to embarrass themselves.
A bulldog puppy raised among poodle sisters works hard to sip, yip, and walk with grace — until a park meeting with a bulldog family reveals a baby mix-up, and everyone must decide what makes a family.
A girl spends her best friend's last day in the neighborhood playing among moving boxes, watching the truck swallow up furniture and memories before saying a hard goodbye.
A toy bear waits on a department store shelf night after night, hoping someone will love him despite his missing button — until a little girl named Lisa decides he's exactly the bear she wants.
A girl takes an evening motorcycle ride with her papi through their neighborhood, watching familiar streets and faces even as the community changes around her.
When a crocodile egg rolls into her nest, Mother Duck simply hatches it with the rest and raises the little crocodile as one of her own ducklings.
A child in the Arctic asks her mother again and again — what if I misbehave, what if I turn into a wild animal — testing just how far a mother's love can stretch.
A girl with six names asks her father why she was given so many — and learns each one carries the story of a grandparent who came before her.
A veterinarian heading off to serve in World War I rescues a baby bear at a train station, names her Winnie after his hometown, and brings her along to war — a true story that leads all the way to a boy named Christopher Robin.
A mother sings the same lullaby to her son from infancy through adulthood, rocking him each night — until he is grown and gently rocks her in return.
A boy crosses the bridge from his U.S. hometown into its twin city in Mexico with his father, visiting family, favorite shops, and friends seeking asylum along the way.
