Liu and the Bird

A Journey in Chinese Calligraphy

By Louis, Catherine & Feng, Xiao-Min & in, Born & Kazeroid, Sibylle

Publishers Summary:
This innovative book combines the story of Liu who goes off to visit her grandfather with a rebus-style look at the evolution of Chinese written language from pictures to today's modern calligraphy characters. You can read them, play with them, and dream about them.

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ISBN
978-0-73582-050-0
Publisher
New York : North-South Books, 2006.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on April 1, 2006

K-Gr 4 A bird guides a small Chinese girl on a journey to visit her grandfather after he summons her in her dream. She passes through a traditional Chinese landscape -river, forest, field, mountain, and bamboo grove -to find the man waiting for her to join him in drawing. The story's conclusion is inspired by the traditional Chinese belief that pictures may come to life. The events of Liu's journey serve the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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