By Colorado Kids Advisory Board member Jennifer Palkowitsh

Title: Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
Author: Frances Park and Ginger Park
Illustrator: Yangsook Choi
Publisher: National Geographic Washington DC
Number of pages: 32

Have you ever had to move? Well in the book Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong a young girl named Jangmi had to move half way around the world. Jangmi's parents tried to convince her that it will be just fine, but Jangmi still didn't want to leave her old friends and thought she would hate living in America without her old friends. The part I didn't like was when they were sitting under the willow tree discussing how far apart they would me. It made me feel sad. My favorite part was when Jangmi made her first new friend. I think that this book is a great book to read aloud to 2nd and 1st graders but 3rd and 4th graders could read it to themselves. There are some foreign words that make it interesting. (October, 2002)