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Johnny Hong of Chinatown

By Clyde Robert Bulla
Level 3
Review:

This 69-page book with large print and nice black-and-white illustrations on every two pages or so, is a gentle story that takes place in Chinatown. Johnny had never seen much of the city and did not have friends. When he was 6 years old, he had been very ill of a fever, and had been house ridden for a long time. When he is finally able to venture out, we follow some of his adventures in the city and see him make friends. This is a cute story, but it is slow moving and probably not for reluctant readers.

(Reviewed by Jenny Phillips)

Genre Fiction
The Good and the Beautiful Library No
  • Hard to Find
  • Gentle Favorite
  • 3 Entertainment Value
  • 3.5 Moral Value
  • 3 Educational Value
  • 3 Literary Value
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