Lily's New Home (Confetti Kids #1)
By Paula Yoo
Illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez
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Paperback: $10.95
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View the Teacher's GuideLily and her parents move from their suburban neighborhood to New York City. Lily is used to living in a house on a quiet street. When they arrive at their new apartment, Lily notices the amount of activity all around. Kids play jump rope on one corner. Buses and taxis zoom by. Lily feels like a small ant on such a busy block and worries that she’ll never feel at home. As she and her parents explore their new, multicultural neighborhood, Lily discovers that sometimes change can be a good thing.
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About the Creators
Paula Yoo - Author
PAULA YOO is an author and screenwriter whose children's books for Lee & Low include Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, Shining Star, and several titles in the Confetti Kids series. Her titles have been recognized by the International Reading Association, the Texas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist, and Lee & Low's New Voices Award. She and her husband live in Los Angeles, California, where she works in television. You can visit her online at paulayoo.com.
Shirley Ng-Benitez
Shirley Ng-Benitez is a Bay Area children’s book author/illustrator who has illustrated 35+ children’s books, and has a background in Graphic Design (GabbyandCo.com), and hand-lettering (American Greetings, Inc.). She works and experiments in traditional mediums including watercolor, gouache, pen & ink, oils, and painted & cut-paper collage. Her work draws from a deep wish to add more compassion and connection in the world through her art and stories. She founded @AWEtober on Instagram, an annual art auction fundraiser since ’20, whose efforts have raised tens of thousands for various organizations supporting victims of the California wildfires, and efforts in coral reef restoration around the globe. She lives with her family and two black cats, and is thrilled to be working on her debut picture book, DOWN, THROUGH, UP by Quill Tree Books, Winter ‘25. Please visit shirleyngbenitez.com for more.
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ISBN
Hardcover: 9781620142493
Paperback: 9781620142585
Awards
Choices
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Guided Reading:
JLexile:
420LIntervention:
14Interest Level:
Grades K - 2Reading Level:
Grades 1 - 2Themes
Childhood Experiences and Memories, Cultural Diversity, Families, Friendship, Multiethnic interest, Realistic Fiction, Similarities and Differences, African/African American Interest, Comparing/Classifying/Measuring, Home, Identity/Self Esteem/Confidence, Neighbors, Overcoming Obstacles
Part of These Collections
Realistic Fiction Collection Grades PreK-2, Emergent Dual Language, Confetti Kids Series Collection, Reading Recovery Bebop Books collection, Summer Reading Collection PreK-2, Early Fluent English, English Guided Reading Level J, Diverse Background English Collection Grades PreK-2, Summer Reading Collection
