Bibliograph

The house Baba built, an artist's childhood in China, by Ed Young, text as told to Libby Koponen

Type

Label

The house Baba built, an artist's childhood in China, by Ed Young, text as told to Libby Koponen

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

plansillustrationsportraitsmaps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

900L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The house Baba built

Responsibility statement

by Ed Young, text as told to Libby Koponen

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 5.6, 1, 146042

Sub title

an artist's childhood in China

Summary

In Ed Young's childhood home in Shanghai, all was not as it seemed: a rocking chair became a horse; a roof became a roller rink; an empty swimming pool became a place for riding scooters and bikes. The house his father built transformed as needed into a place to play hide-and-seek, to eat bamboo shoots, and to be safe. For outside the home's walls, China was at war. Soon the house held not only Ed and his four siblings but also friends, relatives, and even strangers who became family. The war grew closer, and Ed watched as planes flew overhead and friends joined the Chinese air force. But through it all, Ed's childhood remained full of joy and imagination."--Amazon.com

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Artist's childhood in China

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