Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!
Series
Ling & Ting
written and illustrated by
Grace Lin
Edition
-
Publisher
Little, Brown
Imprint
Little, Brown
ISBN
9780316024525
Awards and Honors
2011 ALA Notable Children’s Books, Younger Readers; Booklist 2010 Editor’s Choice, Books for Youth, Fiction, Young Readers; Horn Book Fanfare, Best Books of 2010, Fiction; Kirkus Reviews 2010 Best Children’s Books; Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books 2010, Fiction; The New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2010
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Series: Ling & Ting, Book 1
They have the same brown eyes. They have the same pink cheeks. They have the same happy smiles. Ling and Ting are identical twins-but whether they get haircuts, perform magic, make dumplings, or tell stories, it's plain to see that they are not exactly the same. Full-color illustrations.
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Details
Format
Page Count
48
Trim Size
6" x 9"
Dewey
E
AR
1.8: points 0.5
Lexile
390L
Genre
Fiction
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Sep 2010
Book Genres
Topics
Twins. Sisters. Individuality. Chinese Americans.
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Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Booklist*, The Horn Book Magazine*, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal*
Praise & Reviews
Junior Library Guild
• Good-humored twins let their differing personalities shine in amusing episodes.
• Ling and Ting’s Chinese American ethnicity provides a welcome injection of diversity to the early-chapter-book genre.
• The six short chapters flow nicely, with elements first introduced in one story appearing again later on. Ting’s botched haircut is a humorous and clever way to allow readers to differentiate the twins throughout the book.
• Grace Lin’s bright, simple artwork highlights the twins’ closeness and sense of fun. Illustrations appear in frames that vary in color for each chapter.
Horn Book
In her first early reader, Lin presents six chapters, each a brief, humorous story about twin sisters Ling and Ting. People are always telling them they're exactly the same; however, readers will get to know the identically dressed girls by their unique personalities (and Ting's uneven bangs). The stories are warmly illustrated with Lin's color-saturated art inside boldly hued borders.
Grades 1-3
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