This is a little book with a very big message, and that message is that what we need to do is take the time to look around us and to look carefully at the world and see how things really are. Enjoy the interactions of a girl named China Dahl with her family. Discover how her siblings got their names. Spend a few days with a child working her way toward the end of her third grade year! And while you do all of that, you will learn some very interesting things about that far away place called China! Written and illustrated by Paula Parton, author of the Room 17 book series, among other titles, this book is a step into history through the mind of a child that is certain to inspire. And as a retired educator of children, and an accomplished artist, Paula Parton certainly knows how to inspire!