Henry and the kite dragon / by Bruce Edward Hall ; illustrated by William Low.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Philomel Books, c2004.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0399237275
- [E] 22
- PZ7.H141136 He 2004
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Hall, Bruce Edward | Available | 33111003010457 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Everyone knows that kids from Chinatown don't go to the park when the kids from Little Italy are there. They're rough, they're big, and they don't like Chinese kids. That's okay-Henry doesn't like them, either. But what Henry does like are kites. He loves them. Even more, he loves to help his friend Grandfather Chin make them, and fly them over Chinatown and the park. But when Tony Guglione and his friends from Little Italy keep throwing rocks and destroying their beautiful creations, Henry and his friends decide enough is enough! In this touching story based on true 1920's events, two rival groups of children representing two different cultures come face to face, and when they do, they find they share much more than just the same sky.
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.