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Item Nr: B 107398 Title: Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem
Grade Lvl: PIJ Author: Young, Ed
Length: 32 Prod/Pub: Chronicle
Copyright: 2005 Series:
Book Type: FP Biographee:
Copies: 6 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  A visual poem about China is illustrated with cut and torn paper-collage art. Besides the line of verse, each page includes one or two ancient Chinese characters in red, with the English equivalent in black. Book opens vertically with "stepped" pages of graduated lengths. Lyric poetry. Chart on book end paper shows the ancient Chinese characters (seal-style) along with modern-day symbols.

  Subjects:
  291 - CHINA
  292 - CHINA--HISTORY
  293 - CHINESE/MANDARIN/CANTONESE LANGUAGE
  669 - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES
  871 - POETRY