Grandfather Tang's Story - Hardcover

Tompert, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 051757487X ISBN 13: 9780517574874

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1990

Synopsis

Illus. in full color. "Drawing on a Chinese form of storytelling with seven
shapes cut from a square of paper, Tompert recounts the tale of two fox
fairies. Parker's pen-and-watercolor art adds drama, while the tangram insets
will motivate children to try their own versions. Ingenious."-- "Bulletin,
Center for Children's Books."

About this title

About the Author:

Ann Tompert is an award-winning children's book author who has written more than 20 books, including Harry's Hats, Just a Little Bit, and Little Fox Goes to the End of the World. Prior to beginning her writing career, she was a first-grade teacher for 20 years. Tompert lives in Port Huron, Michigan, with her husband.

Robert A. Parker has illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Book Pop Corn and Ma Goodness by Edna Mitchell Preston, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Cold Feet by Cynthia DeFelice, and Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, which received six starred reviews and was named a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. Mr. Parker is a jazz musician. He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut.

Synopsis:

Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 051757487X
• ISBN 13: 9780517574874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Parker Robert Andrew