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list price: $22.95
edition:Hardcover
category: Children's Fiction
published: Oct 2005
ISBN:9781896580821
publisher:
Tradewind Books
Description
In a Chinese village, Bamboo, a simple farmer, falls in love with a peasant girl, Ming, and soon they are married. To celebrate the wedding, the newlyweds plant a grove of bamboo. When Bamboo goes to the New World to seek his fortune, his new wife is left behind to till the fields. Ming soon discovers that the bamboo she brought as a gift to her new husband is magic.
About the Authors
Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan but grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. He is the author of nearly thirty books, including the Governor General's Award-winning Ghost Train as well as Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver, winner of the Vancouver Book Award. His most recent children's book is Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts (Tradewind Books); his new novel, A Superior Man (Arsenal Pulp Press), is his first written for an adult audience. He lives in Toronto.
Shaoli Wang was born in China. She trained as an art teacher and graduated from the Department of Fines Arts of Qingdao Normal College, specializing in children’s book illustration, gouache and oil painting. She now lives in BC.
Contributor Notes
Paul Yee�is one of Canada's finest writers for children. He was raised in Vancouver and now lives in Toronto. He won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature for Ghost Train.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 4 to 7
- Grade:
- 2
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Librarian review
Bamboo
Magic and trickery flourish in this folktale set in rural China. Bamboo, a young Chinese farmer, weds Ming, the woman of his dreams. Together they plant bamboo seedlings, which produce a luxuriant bamboo grove. When Bamboo leaves for the New World to seek his fortune, Ming is left behind to deal with the cunning and conniving behaviour of her brother and sister-in-law. Ming is able to benefit from the mysterious powers of the bamboo until her brother-in-law discards them in the river. Her husband writes of his impending return but months later Ming receives notification that he is lost at sea. Through good fortune the two are re-united and grant forgiveness to the family. Paul Yee is a recipient of the Governor General’s Award and author of numerous children’s books.
Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2006.
Librarian review
Bamboo
In this poetic story, two Chinese newlyweds plant a grove of bamboo. When a nasty relative makes their life miserable, a mysterious force brings help and sustenance.
Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2007.
