bNamed a best picture book of 2020 by iKirkusi, iSchool Library Journali, iBooklisti, New York Public Library, the iGlobe and Maili, CBC, and the iBulletin of the Center for Children's Booksi -- a heartfelt and personal immigration story by critically acclaimed author Thao Lam b p New from Thao Lam, the award-winning author of picture books iMy Cat Looks Like My Dadi, iWallpaperi, and iSkunk on a Stringi, comes a personal story inspired by her family's refugee journey. p In iThe Paper Boati, Thao's signature collage art tells the wordless story of one family's escape from Vietnam--a journey intertwined with an ant colony's parallel narrative. p At her home in Vietnam, a girl rescues ants from the sugar water set out to trap them. Later, when the girl's family flees war-torn Vietnam, ants lead them through the moonlit jungle to the boat that will take them to safety. Before boarding, the girl folds a paper boat from a bun wrapper and drops it into the water, and the ants climb on. Their