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About One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way
2014 OLA Silver Birch Nonfiction Award Winner
2013 Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award shortlist
2018 The Booklist Reader The Refugee Experience for Children and Young Adults selection
2014 Bank Street Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults selection
2013 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens selection
Readers [who enjoyed Last Airlift] will be just as riveted to this quieter but no-less-moving story as Tuyet bravely dreams of being able to run and play...-The Horn Book Magazine
An inspiring story that will appeal to a wide audience.-School Library Journal
Readers of this moving refugee story will celebrate as well.-Kirkus Reviews
Along with the true personal story, the facts about polio across the globe, past and present, will grip readers.-Booklist
Tuyet's quiet perseverance is inspiring...-Publishers Weekly
The cover of the book and the red shoes pictured take on a very special meaning by the end of this heart-warming book that will leave readers in tears.-International Reading Association Reading Today Online
One Step at a Time is a good choice for sensitive young readers interested in non-fiction about other children, other cultures, and recent history...The book is likely to encourage many questions and wide-ranging discussion in a reading group, and the story is highly likeable.-Resource Links
...as a poignant story of compassion, perseverance and recovery, Skrypuch's writing provides a platform for opening a dialogue on the repercussions of war and violence, as well as global health in regard to polio. As such, the story is perfect for bringing together multiple generations of readers.-The International Examiner
Skrypuch...does a good job of portraying Tuyet's feelings as she faces the uncertainties of a new country, a new home and frightening surgery.-Winnipeg Free Press
Step by step, Skrypuch shows with forthright clarity how Tuyet becomes her own very best hero.-Booksdragon, Smithsonian Asian Pacific America Center
Readers 8 to 11 years old will marvel at Tuyet's perseverance and laugh at moments when she reveals her unfamiliarity with Canadian customs, such as when Tuyet doesn't understand why her first-ever birthday cake is 'on fire.'-Good News Toronto