FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX

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San Francisco, California



San Francisco
About This Scene
Classroom Activities
Introduce Vocabulary
A Walk Through Chinatown
Community Business
Suggested Questions
Additional Web Resources
Related Books

Suggested Questions about Chinatown:

  1. What is the man carrying in the two baskets on the pole?
  2. What is the man carrying on the tray on his head? Where do you think he is taking it?
  3. The illustration shows Chinatown in the early 1900s. Have you ever had Chinese food delivered to your house?
  4. Look at the clothing worn by Aunt Cécile and the clothing worn by the Chinese women. How are their clothes different?
  5. How do the hairstyles of the Chinese men and women compare to each other? How do they compare to Adèle’s and Simon's?
  6. Where did Simon leave his bandanna?



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Illustrations and excerpts from Adèle & Simon in America by Barbara McClintock.
Copyright © 2008 by Barbara McClintock. Published in August 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.