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If you asked her, Robin would say that ballet means everything to her.But no one's asking Robin. Not her parents, who can no longer afford ballet lessons because all of their money is going toward bringing Robin's Chinese grandmother to America.
Not her grandmother, a demanding woman who can barely walk. And now, Robin is even losing touch with her ballet friends, who are If you asked her, Robin would say that ballet means everything to her.But no one's asking Robin.
Not her parents, who can no longer afford ballet lessons because all of their money is going toward bringing Robin's Chinese grandmother to America. Not her grandmother, a demanding woman who can barely walk.
And now, Robin is even losing touch with her ballet friends, who are moving on without her. It's hard for Robin to hide her resentment of this foreign grandmother who's changed her whole life. Then Robin uncovers a secret that leads to a new understanding of the many ways in which she and her tough old grandmother are alike.' An appealing story that draws readers into the world of ballet, while offering an authentic and sometimes amusing look at the dynamics of Chinese-American family life.' - School Library Journal'Kids who appreciate a story about fighting for one's dream will enjoy Robin's saga.' - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
I adore this book so much. It was one of my favorites as a kid and I return to it every few years to give it a reread. It never fails to make me cry. It's not that it's even that sad of a story, but it's so easy to relate to an 11 year old kid who has one favorite thing in the world that gets taken from her. All she wants is to dance, but her dance lessons are replaced by an overbearing Chinese grandmother she's never met who prefers her younger brother.The resentment Robin feels toward her I adore this book so much. It was one of my favorites as a kid and I return to it every few years to give it a reread.
It never fails to make me cry. It's not that it's even that sad of a story, but it's so easy to relate to an 11 year old kid who has one favorite thing in the world that gets taken from her.
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All she wants is to dance, but her dance lessons are replaced by an overbearing Chinese grandmother she's never met who prefers her younger brother.The resentment Robin feels toward her grandmother and brother always felt so real. Sure, she's acting like a bit of a brat, but she's a kid who's going through a rough time. It'd be unrealistic if she wasn't reacting badly to some of the changes, like having to sleep on a mattress on the floor in her 5 year old brother's room while her grandmother takes over her bedroom.
And Robin actively tries to be understanding, for all that she's a kid who can't necessarily see the big picture.And her love of ballet is so palpable. I cried about four different times reading this as an adult. It does resolve a bit easily, but it's a middle grade book and probably on the younger spectrum even then. I was never bothered by quick turnabout.
It actually felt heartwarming, that these characters could understand each other.I highly recommend this book if you're interested in sweet contemporary MG. This book isn't anything new or different, but it's so incredibly well done. I never read anything else by Laurence Yep as a kid, but as an adult I will probably check out more of his work. Definitely one I'll continue rereading on a regular basis, whenever I want a good cry. Since I am a ballet dancer, I was immediately drawn to this book. The main character is an Asian American ballet dancer named Robin. Robin's grandmother moves in with them, and they no longer have money to pay for tuition.
This causes Robin to resent her grandmother, and she has a very hard time relating to her. Her grandmother does not want her to do ballet, and this upsets Robin.Her grandmother finally tells her that she does not want her to do ballet because she cannot bear to see her hurt Since I am a ballet dancer, I was immediately drawn to this book.
The main character is an Asian American ballet dancer named Robin. Robin's grandmother moves in with them, and they no longer have money to pay for tuition. This causes Robin to resent her grandmother, and she has a very hard time relating to her. Her grandmother does not want her to do ballet, and this upsets Robin.Her grandmother finally tells her that she does not want her to do ballet because she cannot bear to see her hurt her feet dancing on pointe. When she was a young girl in China, she had her feet bound painfully in Chinese tradition. Robin sees that her grandmother comes from a place of caring, and she begins to learn more about life in China as she develops a relationship with her grandmother.This book shows how culture gets passed on to younger generations. It encouraged me to ask my grandmother what it was like to be a Spanish American when she was a young girl.
This is a good book in the classroom to encourage exploration of other cultures and increase knowledge of Asian American heritage. Side note: I think it's weird that my tags on one edition don't carry over to another, but perhaps that's in case people use tags for shelf organizing? I dunno.Ribbons is the first of several books that follow Robin, an eleven year old biracial dancer. Robin's parents want to bring over her maternal grandmother from Hong Kong to live with them in San Francisco (re-reading as an adult, I recognize a temporal sign post: a few years prior to Great Britain 'returning' the colony of Hong Kong to side note: I think it's weird that my tags on one edition don't carry over to another, but perhaps that's in case people use tags for shelf organizing? I dunno.Ribbons is the first of several books that follow Robin, an eleven year old biracial dancer. Robin's parents want to bring over her maternal grandmother from Hong Kong to live with them in San Francisco (re-reading as an adult, I recognize a temporal sign post: a few years prior to Great Britain 'returning' the colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, though you could pick up on this being a '90s book with corded phones, cassette tapes, and giant heavy camcorders). However, the process is expensive and requires sacrifices.
Like ending ballet lessons for Robin. To her, dance is freedom so she becomes very resentful when Grandmother finally arrives and her life feels upended, moving in with her brother so Grandmother can have her room, etc.Upon reread, I noticed that the Ribbons books (for lack of a series title) all tie into fairy tales- The Cook's Family was Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, The Amah was Cinderella, and this one is the Little Mermaid (I don't remember what Angelfish connects to, though). Robin & Grandmother eventually connect over the shared understanding of walking through pain to be free, setting up for a really lovely dynamic between grandparent and grandchild.Skirting around the edges of Ribbons is also the concept of face: Robin's parents don't want people to know the reason ballet lessons are on pause is because they can't afford it, and while Robin's uncles Eddie and Georgie are seemingly successful, it very much looks like a front to look prosperous (luckily, Grandmother cuts to the core and puts her children in line). There's a fair amount of self-sacrificing and then lying to others pretending everything's fine, which I feel is such a specific cultural note that rings true.Like The Cook's Family cover, I do think this was a missed opportunity to show a mixed-race child, but also as an ABC I appreciate putting Robin on the cover at all because Laurence Yep's books were among the few that had kids with similar backgrounds to me, that look like me.
I saw this randomly at the library where they have books sitting out by the check out and picked it up because I love ballet. This book takes you on a roller coaster of feelings! Talks about misogyny, family roles, cultural differences, sacrifice, emotional labor that women go through, and most of all love and believing in something you love even when it sometimes gets tough. You wouldn't think you'd get all of this out of a children's book, yet here it is. That's why I love reading literature I saw this randomly at the library where they have books sitting out by the check out and picked it up because I love ballet. This book takes you on a roller coaster of feelings!
Talks about misogyny, family roles, cultural differences, sacrifice, emotional labor that women go through, and most of all love and believing in something you love even when it sometimes gets tough. You wouldn't think you'd get all of this out of a children's book, yet here it is. That's why I love reading literature for kids, because you get stories like these that stick with you for life.
That show you so much and treat children like the people they are, because they see these things. They may not have the big words for it, but they see it, and they deserve to sit at the table and be talked to about it in a way they can understand.A must read. I've read a lot of ballet books since I love it so much and practice it, but I can count on one hand how many books I've read about ballet with a non white character. Representation matters.
And this book does that very well. Three and a half stars. Nicely layered—there's Robin's love of dance, of course, and her distress at being asked to put her lessons on hold indefinitely, but there are also layers of immediate and extended family and their learning to understand one another. Nice to see how all the parts intersected.Two things I wasn't so sure about: first, Robin's resolution with her grandmother is pretty much instantaneous; as soon as she learns about her grandmother's struggles, she sets aside all her Three and a half stars. Nicely layered—there's Robin's love of dance, of course, and her distress at being asked to put her lessons on hold indefinitely, but there are also layers of immediate and extended family and their learning to understand one another. Nice to see how all the parts intersected.Two things I wasn't so sure about: first, Robin's resolution with her grandmother is pretty much instantaneous; as soon as she learns about her grandmother's struggles, she sets aside all her resentment and she and her grandmother become as close as can be. And second, I do have questions about Robin's future in dance.
Taking a year off is a lot for a developing dancer, especially when Robin has damaged her feet. The resolution is probably right for the book length and target audience, but it made me wonder. Ribbons was another great book, Robin the main character does not want to give up her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer but her parents cannot afford to pay anymore because of her grandmother. One of the themes that occurred in this book was understanding one another.
I can personally relate to Robin because I know that once you start doing something you love to do, you never want to stop and give up. You want to keep on going to reach your goal. Robin suffered a lot throughout this Ribbons was another great book, Robin the main character does not want to give up her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer but her parents cannot afford to pay anymore because of her grandmother.
One of the themes that occurred in this book was understanding one another. I can personally relate to Robin because I know that once you start doing something you love to do, you never want to stop and give up. You want to keep on going to reach your goal. Robin suffered a lot throughout this book, especially because of her parents. One of the things that I learned from reading this book was to never stop doing what you love to do and keep going till the very end!
Ribbons By Laurence Yep
I would recommend this book to anyone but especially to the people who love ballet because I think they are the ones who can understand Robin’s feelings the best. I loved this as a child. The heroine, Robin, is forced to give up her beloved ballet lessons when her grandmother moves in with her family; from initial resentment and anger, though, she and her grandmother start to understand one another. There's something about the emotions that the heroine goes through that Yep captures terribly well. As a nine- or ten-year-old, I sympathized intensely with her at all turns; this was one of the few works of 'realistic fiction' that I really liked at that age. I loved this as a child.
The heroine, Robin, is forced to give up her beloved ballet lessons when her grandmother moves in with her family; from initial resentment and anger, though, she and her grandmother start to understand one another. There's something about the emotions that the heroine goes through that Yep captures terribly well. As a nine- or ten-year-old, I sympathized intensely with her at all turns; this was one of the few works of 'realistic fiction' that I really liked at that age. The grandmother is a great character, too, complicated and believable.Now that I think about it, this is also probably the only book I read as a child that featured a character who, like me, was a mixed-race Asian-American; although I didn't really register that at the time, I'm grateful for it now.
I wanted to like this book. After reading 'Spring Pearl' I loved Laurence Yep's writing. Then I found this book. Since I saw it was about ballet, which I have taken and interest to, I thought I'd like it. Well, I didn't not like it, but I came to the conlusion it was kind of a waste of my time, since 85% of the time in the book was spent with Robin feeling sorry for herself and hating her grandmother and brother.
Another 15% was over-obsession on ballet. Not that that's bad, there was just a I wanted to like this book. After reading 'Spring Pearl' I loved Laurence Yep's writing. Then I found this book. Since I saw it was about ballet, which I have taken and interest to, I thought I'd like it.
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Well, I didn't not like it, but I came to the conlusion it was kind of a waste of my time, since 85% of the time in the book was spent with Robin feeling sorry for herself and hating her grandmother and brother. Another 15% was over-obsession on ballet.
Not that that's bad, there was just a little too much for me. That's all that was there, pretty much. Feeling sorry for herself and 'Oh, my life is ruined' and 'ballet this ballet that ballet is most important in my life'So, it wasn't terrible, it just might have been disappointing because I had high hopes for it. I really liked Ribbons by Laurence Yep. I'm a ballet dancer, so I was immediately drawn to it.
I think that one of the reasons I likes this book so much is that I can relate to it. Robbin's passion for dance in the book made me cry, and her perseverance to continue dancing was so touching. I really like the way her grandmother and Robbin grew together in the last part if the book. In the beginning, the were total strangers, and at the end they were fighting for each others beliefs. I really I really liked Ribbons by Laurence Yep. I'm a ballet dancer, so I was immediately drawn to it.
I think that one of the reasons I likes this book so much is that I can relate to it. Robbin's passion for dance in the book made me cry, and her perseverance to continue dancing was so touching. I really like the way her grandmother and Robbin grew together in the last part if the book.
In the beginning, the were total strangers, and at the end they were fighting for each others beliefs. I really liked Ribbons, and ballet books in general.
Although, if you are not a ballet dancer, you might get slightly bored. Born June 14, 1948 in San Francisco, California, Yep was the son of Thomas Gim Yep and Franche Lee Yep. Franche Lee, her family's youngest child, was born in Ohio and raised in West Virginia where her family owned a Chinese laundry. Yep's father, Thomas, was born in China and came to America at the age of ten where he lived, not in Chinatown, but with an Irish friend in a white neighborhood. After Born June 14, 1948 in San Francisco, California, Yep was the son of Thomas Gim Yep and Franche Lee Yep. Franche Lee, her family's youngest child, was born in Ohio and raised in West Virginia where her family owned a Chinese laundry.
Yep's father, Thomas, was born in China and came to America at the age of ten where he lived, not in Chinatown, but with an Irish friend in a white neighborhood. After troubling times during the Depression, he was able to open a grocery store in an African-American neighborhood.
Growing up in San Francisco, Yep felt alienated. He was in his own words his neighborhood's 'all-purpose Asian' and did not feel he had a culture of his own. Joanne Ryder, a children's book author, and Yep met and became friends during college while she was his editor. They later married and now live in San Francisco.Although not living in Chinatown, Yep commuted to a parochial bilingual school there. Other students at the school, according to Yep, labeled him a 'dumbbell Chinese' because he spoke only English. During high school he faced the white American culture for the first time. However, it was while attending high school that he started writing for a science fiction magazine, being paid one cent a word for his efforts.
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After two years at Marquette University, Yep transferred to the University of California at Santa Cruz where he graduated in 1970 with a B.A. He continued on to earn a Ph.D.
In English from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1975. Today as well as writing, he has taught writing and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara.
Laurence Yep(Laurence Michael Yep)( b. )Laurence Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, was graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his Ph.D. From the State University of New York at Buffalo. Yep now lives in Pacific Grove, California.One of children's literature's most respected Asian American authors, Mr. Yep has written many novels, including Dragonwings, a Newbery Honor Book of 1976, and Dragon's Gate, a Newbery Honor Book of 1994. He is also the author of When the Circus Came to Town; The Imp That Ate My Homework, winner of the Georgia Children's Book Award; and The Magic Paintbrush.The author of numerous other books for children and young adults, Mr.
Yep has also taught creative writing and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. In 1990 he received an NEA fellowship in fiction.Genres:,.