The Story of Kites

By Ying Chang Compestine

Book Overview

Long ago in China, three brothers become tired of chasing birds from their family's rice fields and experiment with ways to make the job easier.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823417158
• ISBN13: 9780823417155
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Enhanced with iconic color illustrations

The Story Of Kites is a fanciful picture book story by Ying Chang Compestine about the invention of kites in ancient China. An author's note mentions in passing that there is no precise record of how or why the kite was invented, yet theories concerning the first beautiful kites make for an engaging tale, enhanced with iconic color illustrations by Yongsheng Xuan.