Red Kite, Blue Kite

by Ji-li Jiang

Book Overview

When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites. Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People wearing red armbands shut down the schools, smash store signs, and search houses. Baba is sent away, and Tai Shan goes to live with Granny Wang. Though father and son are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423127536
• ISBN13: 9781423127536
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.4" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3