Books by Lily Toy Hong and Complete Book Reviews
Lily Toy Hong, Author, Judith Mathews, Editor, Lily T. Hong, Illustrator Albert Whitman & Company $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-8157-5
As she did in How the Ox Star Fell from Heaven , this talented author-illustrator here distills a Chinese folktale with style and humor. Her lucid narrative is coupled with beguiling, full-page airbrushed acrylic and gouache pictures that display a...
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Lily Toy Hong, Author, Ann Fay, Editor Albert Whitman & Company $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8075-3428-1
In a text at once poetic and straightforward, Hong retells a Chinese legend that explains how oxen first came to reside on earth. She describes how these creatures once lived a life of luxury at the palace of the Emperor of All Heavens. Because the...
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Lily Toy Hong, Author, Lily Toy Hong, Illustrator Albert Whitman & Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-2009-3
Falling into the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction category, the story of silk-its path from pupa to necktie-is inherently pretty interesting. But toss in a 5000-year-old Chinese legend about the discovery of silk, and the story becomes even more...
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