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Red Kite, Blue Kite (2013)

by Ji-li Jiang(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1423127536 (ISBN13: 9781423127536)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Disney-Hyperion

review 1: This story would be for 1st to 3rd grades. It is based on a story during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 in China. The story tells how a father and son fly kites, "we are above but still under, neither here nor there. We are free, like the kites," and how the kites become a way for them to communicate when the father is taken away to the labor camps.I would ask students what is the significance of the red and blue kites? Then have them draw a picture of what their own family does together and how it makes them feel.Jiang, J., & Ruth, G. (2013). Red kite, blue kite. New York: Disney/Hyperion Books.
review 2: Red Kite, Blue Kite by Ji-li Jiang, illustrated by Greg Ruth – so grateful to @loveofxena for sharing this on her beautiful blog! The title prob... moreably wouldn’t have caught my attention otherwise. What a powerful story. Unfortunately, another one that impacted my son… but in a good way. We had a conversation about how much we appreciate personal rights we have in comparison to places in the past and in the world today. less

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