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For Bob, who loved Ruth —K.K.Y.

To my family and Aaron, with love —S.K.

Hmong is pronounced MOHNG. The word refers to a people, an ethnic minority, from Southeast Asia.
Starting in 1975, many Hmong families came to the United States as refugees of war.
Paj Ntaub is pronounced BA NDAO. The word refers to traditional needlework techniques used on
items such as story cloths, which visually represent and document the experiences of the Hmong
people across time, including families’ journeys as refugees. It is also a girl’s name.
Tais Tais is pronounced TIE TIE. The word refers to the maternal grandmother (the mother’s mother).

Text copyright © 2019 by Kao Kalia Yang
Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Seo Kim
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980– author. | Kim, Seo (Illustrator), illustrator.
Title: A map into the world / Kao Kalia Yang ; illustrated by Seo Kim.
Description: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2019] | Summary: Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American
girl, spends a busy year with her family in their new home and seeks a way to share the beauty of the
world with a grieving neighbor.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018038403 (print) | LCCN 2018043257 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541561045 (eb pdf) |
ISBN 9781541538368 (lb : alk. paper)
Subjects: | CYAC: Family life—Fiction. | Neighbors—Fiction. | Hmong Americans—Fiction. |
Grief—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.Y3648 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.1.Y3648 Map 2019 (print) | DDC [E]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018038403

Manufactured in the United States of America
1-45000-35836-2/13/2019