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Crouching Tiger

Crouching Tiger Hardcover - 2011

by Ying Chang Compestine

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  • Hardcover

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Candlewick Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Details

  • Title Crouching Tiger
  • Author Ying Chang Compestine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First printing.
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press, United States.
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0763646423I4N10
  • ISBN 9780763646424 / 0763646423
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 10.9 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 27.69 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 610
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Racially mixed people, Grandfathers
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010048133
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

From the publisher

Ying Chang Compestine is the author of the acclaimed middle-grade novel REVOLUTION IS NOT A DINNER PARTY as well as several picture books and a collection of short stories, A BANQUET FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS. Ying Chang Compestine lives in California.

Yan Nascimbene, an award-winning illustrator of many books for children, has illustrated more than three hundred book covers for publishers all over the world. His editorial illustrations have appeared in Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and many other publications. Yan Nascimbene lives in the south of France and in California.

Media reviews

Poignant but not treacly, CROUCHING TIGER deals with an immigrant child's conflicting emotions toward a grandparent from the old country...Nascimbene's delicate ink and watercolor illustrations are exquisite.
—The New York Times

The beauty Nascimbene discovers in Ming Da's suburban world-the leaves that fall around Ming Da as he practices, parade-goers scattered like confetti, the stars that accompany Ming Da and Grandpa on the way home-echoes the beauty Ming Da eventually finds in Grandpa's tai chi poses. Readers will warm to the duo's growing friendship and the gifts that come as Ming Da allows himself to enter Grandpa's world.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Citations

  • Booklist, 12/15/2011, Page 58
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2012, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2012, Page 68
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2012, Page 23
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2011, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 11/13/2011, Page 33
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/31/2011, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/2011, Page 79

About the author

Ying Chang Compestine is the author of the acclaimed middle-grade novel Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party as well as several picture books and a collection of short stories, A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts. Ying Chang Compestine lives in California.

Yan Nascimbene, an award-winning illustrator of many books for children, has illustrated more than three hundred book covers for publishers all over the world. His editorial illustrations have appeared in Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and many other publications. Yan Nascimbene lives in the south of France and in California.

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