Download or read book The Legend of the Kite written by Jiang Hong Chen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To make him feel better about losing his kite, a boy's grandfather tells him a story about why the Chinese build kites.
Download or read book Legend of the Kite written by Jiang Hong Chen and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To make him feel better about losing his kite, a boy's grandfather tells him a story about why the Chinese build kites.
Download or read book Kite Flying written by Grace Lin and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft store for paper, glue, and paint. Everyone has a job: Ma-Ma joins sticks together. Ba-Ba glues paper. Mei-Mei cuts whiskers while Jie-Jie paints a laughing mouth. Dragon eyes are added and then everyone attaches the final touch . . . a noisemaker! Now their dragon kite is ready to fly. Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded by this ancient and modern pleasure.
Download or read book Legend of the Kite written by Chen Jiang Hong and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¿¿Do you want to know why there are so many kites flying over our heads today?¿ Grandfather asks. Dan-Long¿s eyes light up. 'Oh yes, Grandfather, Please!¿ 'Okay,¿ says Grandfather. 'I¿ll start at the beginning¿¿ Every spring the Festival of the Kite is celebrated in China. When a boy's kite flies away from him, his grandfather tells him the legend behind the celebration, encouraging the boy to build a new, more beautiful one. Translated from the French edition. Full-color illustrations.
Download or read book The Emperor and the Kite written by Jane Yolen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-07-20 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largely ignored by her own family, Princess Djeow Seow spends her days playing with a kite made from paper and sticks. But when the Emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, only the Princess can save the day, flying her kite high up into the sky to rescue her father.?A familiar jewel polished to unaccustomed brilliance.? ? Booklist?It is rare to find a book where the beauty of the language and image are so finely meshed as in this tale of loyalty and love.? ? United Press InternationalJane Yolen lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts and Scotland. Ed Young lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Download or read book The Legend of the Kite A Story of China With Doll written by Jiang Hong Chen and published by . This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soundprints takes readers on a voyage around the world with books that introduce children to different countries. Storybooks about children from other countries, created by authors and illustrators from those countries, show readers what life is like around the world. Dolls are sculpted and the clothing is designed for the true ethnicity of the country featured. Every spring the Festival of the Kite is celebrated in China. When a boy's kite flies away from him, his grandfather tells him the legend behind the celebration, encouraging the boy to build a new, more beautiful kite.
Download or read book Red Kite Blue Kite written by Ji-li Jiang and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites. Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People wearing red armbands shut down the schools, smash store signs, and search houses. Baba is sent away, and Tai Shan goes to live with Granny Wang. Though father and son are far apart, they have a secret way of staying close. Every day they greet each other by flying their kites???one red, and one blue???until Baba can be free again, like the kites. Inspired by the dark time of the Cultural Revolution in China, this is a soaring tale of hope that will resonate with anyone who has ever had to love from a distance.
Download or read book Legend of the Kite written by Jiang Hong Chen and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soundprints takes readers on a voyage around the world with books that introduce children to different countries. Storybooks about children from other countries, created by authors and illustrators from those countries, show readers what life is like around the world. Dolls are sculpted and the clothing is designed for the true ethnicity of the country featured. Every spring the Festival of the Kite is celebrated in China. When a boy's kite flies away from him, his grandfather tells him the legend behind the celebration, encouraging the boy to build a new, more beautiful kite.
Download or read book The Dragon Kite written by Kenneth Steven and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chang's father makes him the most beautiful kite in the world. When the strong, blustery wind rattles his window, Chang races outdoors to try out the kite. But the wind pulls the kite right out of his hand and carries it far, far away, to the mouth of the enormous volcano. Chang is heartbroken. Will he ever see his beautiful dragon kite again? An exciting story about a daring boy and an ancient Chinese dragon, with information about the importance of kites in Chinese culture.
Download or read book The Kite written by Jeyanthi Manokaran and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere in a village in India, a kite fight is about to end. the purple kite is defeated and the red kite is the victor, but what's this? The chord has snapped and the kite is now on the run. Can the children catch it or will the kite catcher be able to outrun them? 'The Kite' (English), written by Jeyanthi Manokaran, illustrated by Jeyanthi Manokaran, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2016) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Download or read book World on a String written by Jane Yolen and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of the kite, its use in sport, recreation, science, and war, and its many variations of form and design.
Download or read book The Story of the Kite written by Harry Edward Neal and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells about the origins of kites, how to make kites, how kites have helped us, and how to fly kites.
Download or read book Wings of the Kite hawk written by Nicolas Rothwell and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Australian travel classic. Reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, Wings of the Kite-Hawk will seduce and enthral; it will force you out of the comfortable chair and into the wilds of the bush. This is a set of linked journeys into the Australian landscape: its past and its present, its people and its half-remembered secrets. In each chapter, Nicolas Rothwell takes a precursor and follows him. His guides include famous explorers from the past, Leichhardt, Sturt, Strehlow and Giles -- as well as artists, anthropologists, rodeo riders and even Hell's Angels.Vivid characters weave in and out of the story, inspiring journeys through different states of heart and mind: love, loss, friendship, fear.
Download or read book The Emperor and the Kite written by Jane Yolen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-07-20 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largely ignored by her own family, Princess Djeow Seow spends her days playing with a kite made from paper and sticks. But when the Emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, only the Princess can save the day, flying her kite high up into the sky to rescue her father.?A familiar jewel polished to unaccustomed brilliance.? ? Booklist?It is rare to find a book where the beauty of the language and image are so finely meshed as in this tale of loyalty and love.? ? United Press InternationalJane Yolen lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts and Scotland. Ed Young lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Download or read book The Man Who Loved Kites written by Dean Whitlock and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of Huan Po, the poet who invented kites, and of Li Zheng, the sorceress who died because they were beautiful. It also concerns General Liu Hsin who learned that war and beauty can never share the same house." So begins The Man Who Loved Kites, a reweaving of myth and legend into a bittersweet origin story spun from faith, greed, love, magic, and invention in Medieval China. Written in the style of a folktale, it is, ultimately, a story of unfailing love in the face of war. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, this chapbook release has been reset as a collector's edition, featuring a gorgeous cover illustration by award-winning fantasy and science fiction artist Maurizio Manzieri. People intimately familiar with kite flying will appreciate the fine detail of this story; all who appreciate fine writing will love this small book. "The Man Who Loved Kites will grip your heart from the first words . . . and is a must for every kite bag " (Ruth Hackman, kite flyer for over thirty years)
Download or read book Internet Activities Through the Year written by Mary Zinn-Beiting and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Kite Called Korika written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
