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Yeh, Kat

The Magic Brush: A Story of Love, Family, and Chinese Characters

40 pp. | Walker | January, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8027-2178-5 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-8027-2179-2 $17.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Huy Voun Lee. Jasmine's grandfather (agong) uses storytelling to introduce her to calligraphy. After Agong dies, Jasmine begins teaching her younger brother the same way. Attractive cut-paper illustrations cleverly incorporate Chinese characters into the objects they represent; thus, the stylized character for "horse," for example, becomes part of the horse image. Brief notes about Chinese art and food, as well as Mandarin pronunciation, are appended.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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