As the family sheds their shoes and rolls up their pants to wade into the gully, the narrator of Wang’s poignant free-verse text is anything but happy.
An author's note in the back shares Andrea's childhood experience with her parents. WATERCRESS by Andrea Wang illustrated by Jason Chin RELEASE DATE: MaA Chinese American family pulls their car over to gather wild watercress growing by the roadside. Together, they make a new memory of watercress.Īndrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin, working in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques. Why can't her family get food from the grocery store? But when her mother shares a story of her family's time in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered watercress as they can.Īt first, she's embarrassed.
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.ĭriving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road.
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