The Children of China
An Artist's Journey
Tundra · Print & ebook · April 25, 1998
Before coming to Canada, while he was still an art teacher in Beijing, Song Nan Zhang traveled from Inner Mongolia east, south, and north to find and paint unusual scenes of Chinese family life.
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- Who it’s for
- Song Nan Zhang paints children’s everyday lives across China, from family work to festival play.
- Themes
- Chinese family life, Children’s daily roles
- Genres
- Asia for Kids, Customs & Traditions, Diversity & Culture
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Before coming to Canada, while he was still an art teacher in Beijing, Song Nan Zhang traveled from Inner Mongolia east, south, and north to find and paint unusual scenes of Chinese family life. Here are the children who grow up in the saddle with their nomadic parents or become as agile as the mountain goats they tend. A boy plays chess on the ground with his shepherd grandfather. A teenager tends her father’s pottery shop.
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At festivals a child plays hide-and-seek, behind yellow parasols, and stilt dancers wait to compete.
Children’s China
Song Nan Zhang paints children’s everyday lives across China, from family work to festival play.
Come here for
- Children growing up in the saddle with nomadic parents
- A pottery shop, a shepherd’s chess game, and festival scenes
Expect
- Scenes of children tending mountain goats
- Hide-and-seek behind yellow parasols and waiting stilt dancers
Where it sits
| Customs & Traditions | 69% |
|---|---|
| Asia for Kids | 60% |
| Diversity & Culture | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Artists' Lives for Kids
- Asian American Life (U.S.)
- Grandfamilies & Generations
- Authors
- Song Nan Zhang
- Publisher
- Tundra
- Published
- April 25, 1998
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Chinese family life · Children’s daily roles
- Reading lane
- Artists' Lives for Kids