The Horn Book Guide

BIOGRAPHIES

Mochizuki, Ken

Be Water, My Friend: The Early Years of Bruce Lee

32 pp. | Lee | September, 2006 | Trade ISBN 1-58430-265-8 $16.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Dom Lee. This picture-book biography follows the martial artist from his childhood in Hong Kong through his sailing to the U.S. at eighteen. Mochizuki deftly portrays Bruce's conflict between wanting to follow his master's teachings and wanting to fight when provoked. Dom Lee's acrylic and beeswax illustrations are somber. A summary of the remainder of Bruce Lee's short life and a list of sources are appended.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006