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Hong, Chen Jiang
4 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Translated by Alyson Waters.
A tigress, robbed of her cubs, is sent a princeling to assuage her thirst for human blood. The tigress cares for the boy as her own, then releases him back to the kingdom. An ancient-Chinese bronze vessel, which itself is based on a folktale about a boy reared by a tigress, inspired this large-format French-import picture book filled with vivid, intensely hued illustrations.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt
(3)
4-6
Hong's illustrated memoir of his youth makes the deprivations of the Cultural Revolution starkly apparent even as it limns a childhood that was universal in many ways. Panel illustrations are rendered with bold, expressive lines. Touches of red in an otherwise somber palette provide energy and dramatic reinforcement of the period's politics, as well as counterpointing the text's matter-of-fact tone.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
(3)
K-3
Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick.
In this absorbing story set in fifteenth-century China, Little Eagle becomes the disciple of Master Yang, who teaches him eagle boxing, a form of kung fu. After years of rigorous training, they are ready to battle their enemy, a brutal general. The large, dramatic paintings, both landscapes and action scenes, feature an expressive black line and rich hues.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
(3)
K-3
Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick.
A painter named Han Gan draws a horse that jumps off the page. The creature goes from the canvas to the battlefield until, overcome by sadness, he jumps into a different painting. The elegant illustrations on silk were inspired by the real Han Gan, a classical Chinese artist who lived over twelve hundred years ago and specialized in painting equine scenes.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt
4 reviews
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