Caravan to America: Living Arts of the Silk Road

by Betty J. Belanus and Yo-Yo Ma

Book Overview

This summer the cellist Yo-Yo Ma highlights a year devoted to his Silk Road Project at the spectacular National Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. Through exhibits, concerts, and lectures, the festival celebrates the arts, crafts, and music of the lands along the ancient trade route. Through telling interviews, lavish color photos, maps, and intriguing sidebars, this book captures all the vitality of the project, honoring cultural traditions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081262677X
• ISBN13: 9780812626773
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Cricket Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8