Henry and the Kite Dragon
Book - 2004 Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Hall, Bruce Edward 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Hall, Bruce Edward
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch
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Youth level.
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Good story submitted by saturn on June 29, 2021, 12:44am I really enjoyed this story, it was well written and engaging. Chinese-American representation along with a nice lesson about cultural understanding and learning to get along with others.
PUBLISHED
New York : Philomel Books, c2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 810
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0399237275 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Low, William.
SUBJECTS
Kites -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Italian Americans -- Fiction.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.