Asian Kites (Asian Arts and Crafts For Creative Kids) [Hardcover]

Wayne Hosking (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Asian Arts and Crafts For Creative Kids

Asian Kites introduces kids to the fascinating art of kite making. Through the fun and approachable projects in this book, children will learn all the steps for creating beautiful, unique and creative kites with easy-to-find materials. Children can delight themselves, their peers and their parents with projects like the Butterfly kite from China, the Thai Cobra kite, and the Mini Wau kite from Malaysia.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6–Likely to please both armchair enthusiasts and outdoorsy types, this survey offers brief anecdotes and legends along with carefully annotated construction diagrams for 15 simple kites commonly flown in Asia, the continent where the practice originated. Hosking opens with a historical introduction, followed by a discussion of traditional materials and low-cost alternatives, decorating advice, savvy tips for kite construction, troubleshooting, and safe launching techniques. The ensuing models are grouped by country: two each from China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea, and seven from Japan. Each entry features a list of supplies, an age recommendation, assembly diagrams in three to five steps, comments about individual flying characteristics, and a photo of a finished (expertly decorated) example laid out on the ground. Closing with notes on running a kite-making workshop for children, lists of associations and sources of supplies, and a relatively extensive bibliography, this title merits, and will find, a wide audience in libraries large or small.–John Peters, New York Public Library
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"Likely to please both armchair enthusiast and outdoorsy types, this survey offers brief anecdotes and legends along with carefully annotated construction diagrams for 15 simple kites."—School Library Journal

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (October 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804835454
• ISBN-13: 978-0804835459
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #950,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars reviiew of Asian Kites by Wayne Hosking, February 17, 2007

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David G. Herzig "kiteman" (Mpls, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asian Kites (Asian Arts and Crafts For Creative Kids) (Hardcover)

I own as many kite books written by Wayne Hosking as I can get my hands on. His books are not only well researched but easy to follow. I ranked this book a 4 only because of the difficulty of getting the special materials needed to build these very unique kites. I am anxious to try a few, maybe trying to adapt them to plastic materials and dowels.