The Lingzi Foundation is proud and honored to be partnered with ReadBoston, as part of Lingzi’s Book Club for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. ReadBoston is the city’s only comprehensive early literacy program, reaching Boston’s children at all points in their day, all year long. This was a great opportunity to share stories of diversity and self-love, written by AAPI writers, with the youth in our local communities. Members of The Foundation enjoyed connecting with classrooms in Jamiaca Plain, South Boston, Chinatown, Mattapan and Brighton. The children were read stories such as and “The Ugly Vegetables” (by Grace Lin) which teaches the reader that despite any difference in appearances, everything has its own beauty and purpose. Other titles included “Eyes That Kiss in the Corners” (by Joanna Ho), encouraging readers to love and celebrate themselves and “A Different Pond” (by Bao Phi), a beautiful story about an immigrant family and life lessons learned during a father-son fishing trip. It warms our hearts to know that Lingzi would be delighted to see children learning about self-acceptance and being taught to embrace cultural differences.
