Promotional Information

$1000 marketing and publicity budget
Indie Bound Advance Access & White Box
postcards
Features in regional and urban media
Features in Asian American media
Reviews in parenting, school, and teacher media
Published to coincide with Chinese New Year
Promotion on the publisher's website (www.immedium.com)
Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements

About the Author

Ying Compestine: Ying's dozens of children’s books have won many awards, including spots on the "best lists" from the ALA, Bank Street, Book Sense, and New York Times. She visits schools and teaches workshops internationally. She has written for magazines such as Cooking Light, Self, Men's Health, and Martha Stewart's Whole Living. Her website is www.yingc.com.

YongSheng Xuan illustrated the four volume "Story of" series. Educated at the renowned Central Arts and Crafts University in Beijing, China, he lives in Vancouver, Canada. His art has exhibited worldwide and appeared in Cricket magazine. His website is www.ysxuan.com.

Reviews

"To keep the birds away from the rice fields in their village, the Kang brothers, Ting, Pan, and Kùai, improvise with feathers, chopsticks, paper until they invent kites. The boys are a bit mischievous when it comes to avoiding their chores or practicing their math, but together, they encourage one another to overcome a problem they are experiencing...The simplified Chinese that appears under the English text will be of interest to bilingual families or students...Recommended."
- CM magazine

"Traditional papercuts are perfectly suited to the kite images . . . With its folkloric tone, this stands on its own as a story about creativity."

"Traditional cut-paper art puts the wind in the sails of this charming story, appended with kite-making instructions."

"the playfulness and creativity of this book makes this version specially appealing." - Paper Tigers