Everyday Life Through Chinese Peasant art (Bilingual): Through Chinese Peasant Art

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ThingsAsian Press

Annotation: Describes in both English and Chinese the daily lives of peasants in China throughout the year, from practicing embroidery in spring to harvesting crops in summer and autumn and making snowmen in winter.

Genre: [Foreign languages] [Literature and language]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #4124897

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: ThingsAsian Press

Edition Date: 2008 Release Date: 03/01/09

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-934159-01-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-934159-01-9

Dewey: 495

Dimensions: 27 cm.

Subject Heading:
Folk art. China. Juvenile poetry.
Folk art. China. Poetry.
Chinese language materials. Bilingual.
China. Juvenile poetry.
China. Poetry.

Language: Chinese

Bilingual: Yes

Reading Level: 2.0

Interest Level: P-2

Everyday Life introduces children to the vibrant world created by Shanghai's Jinshan artists. From a watermelon harvest to an autumn festival to a child's winter game, vivid, friendly peasant art brings everyday life in rural China into our lives. Simple, rhythmic poems, presented in English, Chinese and Pinyin, beautifully accent each painting. Everyday Life 's colorful, bustling illustrations will capture a child's imagination, while descriptive bilingual text invites English and Chinese readers to enjoy the sweetness of each page. ThingsAsian Kids presents a series of books introducing children to the beauty and wonder of Asia. Other ThingsAsian Kids books include My Mom is a Dragon and My Dad is a Boar , a whimsical introduction to Chinese paper cut art and the lunar calendar animals; Hiss! Pop! Boom! Celebrating Chinese New Year ; and H is for Hong Kong , an international twist on the classic primer, featuring a lovely, hand-tinted cyanotype photographs.

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