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The Children of China by Song Nan Zhang

The Children of China

An Artist’s Journey

By Song Nan Zhang

By Song Nan Zhang

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Apr 25, 1998 | ISBN 9780887764486 | 7-9 years

The Children of China by Song Nan Zhang
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Apr 25, 1998 | ISBN 9780887764486

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About The Children of China

Before coming to Canada, while he was still an art teacher in Beijing, Song Nan Zhang traveled from Inner Mongolia east, south, and north to find and paint unusual scenes of Chinese family life.

Here are the children who grow up in the saddle with their nomadic parents or become as agile as the mountain goats they tend. A boy plays chess on the ground with his shepherd grandfather. A teenager tends her father’s pottery shop. At festivals a child plays hide-and-seek, behind yellow parasols, and stilt dancers wait to compete.

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Product Details

Category: Children’s Picture Books

Paperback | $11.99
Published by Tundra Books
Apr 25, 1998 | 32 Pages | 9 x 9-1/2 | 7-9 years | ISBN 9780887764486

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Praise

“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

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