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Gr. 3^-6. In his autobiographical A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night (1993), Zhang told of his experiences growing up in China and living through the Cultural Revolution. Here, using the same format of full-page paintings explained in first-person text, he draws on his later journeys through China, seeking out the nomadic minority peoples, such as the Mongolians, the Miao, the Tajiks, and the Yi. He tells about the lives of each group and shows how they look and dress as well as where they live, illustrating the facts with sensitive portraits of the children and their families, often with dramatic backdrops. Zhang also includes a section on the Han, who are the majority in China. Although not an essential purchase, this book offers intriguing glimpses of life in China. Carolyn Phelan
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?His intricate details carefully portray the wide variety of lifestyles, and his beautiful faces glow with deep contentment.?
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?A book that can be enjoyed by any age.?Complex in intent, simple in execution, exquisite in design, beautiful in effect?a forceful statement on the dignity and strength of the human spirit.?
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The Children Of China: An Artist's Journey features many different children in China: children who grow up in the saddle as nomads, kids who ride oxen to school, youngsters who are as agile as the mountain goats they tend. In these pages are a boy who plays chess with his shepherd grandfather, a teenager tending her father's pottery shop, children helping their mother collect leaves to use as fuel. At festivals a child plays hide-and-seek behind yellow parasols and stilt performers wait to compete. The colorful clothing that varies with each minority seems to proclaim their independence. These dramatic and beautiful glimpses of Chinese family life are supplemented with a background text and an endleaf map locating the minorities. The Children Of China is a unique and highly recommended armchair tour the relatively unknown children of Chinese subcultures. -- Midwest Book Review
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Gr. 3^-6. In his autobiographical A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night (1993), Zhang told of his experiences growing up in China and living through the Cultural Revolution. Here, using the same format of full-page paintings explained in first-person text, he draws on his later journeys through China, seeking out the nomadic minority peoples, such as the Mongolians, the Miao, the Tajiks, and the Yi. He tells about the lives of each group and shows how they look and dress as well as where they live, illustrating the facts with sensitive portraits of the children and their families, often with dramatic backdrops. Zhang also includes a section on the Han, who are the majority in China. Although not an essential purchase, this book offers intriguing glimpses of life in China. Carolyn Phelan
Review
?His intricate details carefully portray the wide variety of lifestyles, and his beautiful faces glow with deep contentment.?
?MultiCultural Review
?A book that can be enjoyed by any age.?Complex in intent, simple in execution, exquisite in design, beautiful in effect?a forceful statement on the dignity and strength of the human spirit.?
?Quill & Quire -- Review
The Children Of China: An Artist's Journey features many different children in China: children who grow up in the saddle as nomads, kids who ride oxen to school, youngsters who are as agile as the mountain goats they tend. In these pages are a boy who plays chess with his shepherd grandfather, a teenager tending her father's pottery shop, children helping their mother collect leaves to use as fuel. At festivals a child plays hide-and-seek behind yellow parasols and stilt performers wait to compete. The colorful clothing that varies with each minority seems to proclaim their independence. These dramatic and beautiful glimpses of Chinese family life are supplemented with a background text and an endleaf map locating the minorities. The Children Of China is a unique and highly recommended armchair tour the relatively unknown children of Chinese subcultures. -- Midwest Book Review
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