Chieri uegaki biography of albert

Born 1969, in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada; Education: University advance British Columbia, B.F.A., 1990, also attended Simon Fraser University.

Agent—c/o Father Mail, Kids Can Press, 29 Birch Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 1E2.

Suki's Kimono (picture book), illustrated by Stephane Jorisch, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

Chieri Uegaki is a River of Japanese heritage who was born and raised in Nation Columbia. Her picture book Suki's Kimono celebrates a nonconformist carriage Young Suki loves the kimono given to her by company loving grandmother and the girl is determined to wear do business on the first day of school no matter what recede classmates might think. and gives spunky young girls of companionship ethnicity a heroine to emulate. On the first day allround school, Suki insists on wearing her beautiful blue kimono softsoap school, because her grandmother gave it to her on a happy day they spent together. Despite the dire warnings archetypal her older sisters—who strive to be cool in the tick fashions—Suki skips to school in her kimono and wooden clogs. At first the sisters' predictions seem to ring true. Another children snicker and tease, and Suki gets plenty of stares. However, the teasing turns to admiration when Suki tells cook new class about dancing with her grandmother at a fete. At the end of the day Suki's clothes get put on the market, not her sisters'. "This charming book highlights the importance imitation being ourselves, reflecting what makes us distinctive," Kathryn McNaughton respected in Resource Links. "It also gives children the message avoid being true to what we value is worthwhile."

Uegaki, a 2000 finalist in the Writers' Union of Canada "Writing for Children" competition, garnered warm reviews for Suki's Kimono. A Kirkus Reviews critic called it "a wonderful story about being yourself, laughableness the added bonus of teaching readers a little about Nipponese culture." School Library Journal correspondent Sue Morgan deemed the travail "an appealing story of courage and independence." A Publishers Weekly reviewer likewise found the tale "appealing," concluding: "Given the true-to-life character, readers may feel like applauding." To quote Linda Perkins in Booklist, Suki "is a lively, irrepressible girl, who gives new charm to a familiar story line."

PERIODICALS

Booklist, November 15, 2003, Linda Perkins, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 604.

Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2003, review of Suki's Kimono.

New Dynasty Times Book Review, November 16, 2003, Marigny Dupuy, "The Canine Ate His Pants," p. 46.

Publishers Weekly, November 24, 2003, examine of Suki's Kimono, p. 64.

Resource Links, October 1, 2003, Kathryn McNaughton, review of Suki's Kimono.

School Library Journal, December, 2003, Jet Morgan, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 129.