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Asian kites / Wayne Hosking.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian arts & crafts for creative kidsPublisher: Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 63 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0804848696
  • 9780804848695
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- Making kites -- Flying kites -- Kites from China -- Kites from Malaysia -- Kites from Thailand -- Kites from Korea -- Kites from Japan -- Kite workshops: a note for parents and teachers.
Summary: Instructs readers on how to build and fly kites, and provides background information and kite designs from China, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 629.1333 H826 Available 33111008960797
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 629.1333 H826 Available 33111008821718
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Kids will learn how to make colorful kites while exploring Asian culture and history with this easy-to-follow crafts-for-kids book.

The Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids series is the first series, aimed at readers ages 7-12, that provides a fun and educational introduction to Asian culture and art. Through hands-on projects, readers will explore each art--engaging in activities to gain a better understanding of each form.

In this volume, children will learn how to make a kite. Kite making is a unique craft--with projects that are beautiful, functional, and fun! The colorful, easy-to-follow instructions in Asian Kites will have you building--and flying--fifteen different kites from countries all across Asia, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea.

The full-color instructions make it easy to create these beautiful kites out of everyday materials and the resource guide in the back lists plenty of places to purchase supplies. You'll learn to build: Butterfly kite from China Cobra kite from Thailand Mini kite from Malaysia Shield kite from Korea An octopus kite from Japan And more! Fun to build and exciting to fly--this book brings a whole new meaning to the term "go fly a kite!"

Introduction -- Making kites -- Flying kites -- Kites from China -- Kites from Malaysia -- Kites from Thailand -- Kites from Korea -- Kites from Japan -- Kite workshops: a note for parents and teachers.

Instructs readers on how to build and fly kites, and provides background information and kite designs from China, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63).

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