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Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance

Ian Wallace

CELA Library

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

Holidays & Celebrations | Performing Arts | Asian American & Pacific Islander

Themes:

Other, Non-Religious, Dance

Language:

English

Publisher:

Groundwood Books Ltd

Grade Level:

P-3

Age Range:

4-8

Accessible Format Availability:

CELA Library

Where to buy it

Amazon
Indigo

Description

Chin Chiang has dreamed of dancing the dragon's dance but now the first day of the Year of the Dragon has arrived, and he is so scared that he wants to melt into his shoes.

Winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator Award

From the time Chin Chiang stood only as high as his grandfather's knees, he dreamed of dancing the dragon's dance. Now the first day of the Year of the Dragon has arrived, and Chin Chiang is so scared that he wants to melt into his shoes.

Chin Chiang is a most appealing small boy, whose plight will touch readers young and old.

Contributors

Ian Wallace is one of Canada’s best-known children’s book creators. He has published many classics, including Boy of the Deeps and Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance. His illustrations for Canadian Railroad Trilogy and Just So Stories have each received three starred reviews. His most recent book is The Curiosity Cabinet.

Ian has won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, among others. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Governor General’s Award and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.

Ian lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, Deb.

Formats

ISBN13: 9780888990204

Publication Date: 09/01/1990

Price: $19.95 CAD

ISBN13: N/A

Awards

CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's AwardWinner

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