Peach Heaven

By Yangsook Choi

Book Overview

Based on the author's childhood in South Korea The white peaches grown in Puchon are the best in all South Korea, and a rare treat for a little girl who lives in the town. She dreams of a peach orchard where she can play and eat as much of the delicious fruit as she wishes. Then one day, after weeks of heavy downpours, the sky begins to rain peaches. Yangsook finds herself in peach heaven - until she remembers the farmers who have lost their harvest, and decides she must help them. Paintings with scenes that evoke traditional South Korean landscapes accompany this lovingly told story from the author's childhood.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374357617
• ISBN13: 9780374357610
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

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Peach Heaven is a beautiful book based on the rainstorm of Puchon, Korea. This was the day it rained peaches! A powerful monsoon picked the peaches from mountain orchards and quite virtually deposited the fruit in Yangsook's lap. The Yangsook's recollective voice lends a very tender quality to the story. In the author's note we find that peaches are regarded as a very special fruit. The sense of community in the end when everyone helps the farmers with the harvest is a very touching and cherished moment.