Bamboo by Paul Yee; Illustrated by Shaoli Wang
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1894965531 ISBN-13:   9781894965538 Publisher:   Simply Read Books Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   February 2006 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards
Awards
2006  Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize  Nominee/Honoree  2000  James Beard Foundation KitchenAid Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Told by an author who has made a career out of exploring the world and experience of 'overseas Chinese,' Bamboo is a sensitive, revealing work. Telling a tale of change and acceptance, the book begins in rural turn-of-the-century China when Bamboo, a young farmer, finds himself beset by poverty and decides to travel to the New World in order to find fortune. But while Bamboo is away, his sister-in-law makes mischief: she schemes to steal Bamboo's ancestral lands. The plan looks set to work until the magic bamboo that Bamboo's new wife, Ming, brings as a gift saves her husband's life.