Bamboo

$16.95

Author: Paul Yee
Series: Picture Books
Genre: Shaoli Wang
Tag: All books
Publisher: Tradewind Books
Publication Year: October 2014
Illustrator: Shaoli Wang
ASIN: 1896580823
ISBN: 9781896580821

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About the Book

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.

Awards:

Finalist for the BC Book Prize 2006

Finalist for the Chocolate Lily Award 2007

Finalist for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award 2007

Resource Links – Best of the Year 2005

About the Illustrator:

Born in China, Shaoli Wang now lives in British Columbia. She has won great acclaim for her paintings.

About the Author

Paul Yee

had his first book for children published in 1983. His most recent book, The Three Sisters, is his tenth title with Tradewind Books. Yee's books have won numerous prizes, including a Governor General’s Award, and his body of work was recognized by the Metcalf Award in 2012.