![]() It is the story of both the men who head onto the sea to fish and the families they leave behind. The story was inspired by the author’s father and his ancestral village in Central Vietnam. In that sea there is a small boat with a worried fisherman hoping to get out of the storm soon and dreaming of his family in a small house above the sea.īoth the author and illustrator are Vietnamese-Americans. The cricket is painting on an easel, creating an image of a stormy sea with large waves. Their dog looks down into a hole in the floor and spots a cricket there. A woman watches and waits, grinding spices in a mortar and pestle while a baby sleeps nearby. In that house, there is a kitchen with a warm fire where a pot of noodle soup is simmering. In a fishing village near the sea, there is a small house high in the hills. In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van, illustrated by April Chu ( InfoSoup) ![]()
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