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Compestine, Ying Chang

Crouching Tiger

40 pp. | Candlewick | December, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4642-4 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene. Vinson is his American name, but his grandfather, visiting from China, calls him by his Chinese name, Ming Da. Grandpa teaches his impatient grandson the slow, careful exercises of tai chi, and eventually he and Ming Da play a pivotal role in the Chinese New Year parade. Realistic, luminous watercolor illustrations show the family’s balance of the traditional and the modern.

Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2012