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32 pp.
| Holt |
January, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-6205-X$$16.00
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Children at play are shown in elegant cut-paper collage, while a simple text counts from one to ten: "Five carry. / Six pull. / Seven tiptoe." Included are Chinese characters for the number and the verb; the verbs contain either the "hand" or "foot" symbol as part of the character. Not an introduction to the language, the book is instead a brief look at the inherent logic within Chinese characters.