Why read The Story about Ping?

Book cover of The Story about Ping

Book description

"Kurt Wiese and Majorie Flack have created in Ping a duckling of great individuality against a background (the Yangtze River) that has both accuracy and charm." -- The New York Times

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Topics

China
Ducks

Genres

Classics

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Story about Ping as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jill Ballou

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This is another classic tale, originally published in 1933. Despite its publication decades ago, the story remains relevant which puts it in the classic category. It was read to me in kindergarten and when choosing what books to read to my preschool classes seventeen years later I fondly remembered Ping. Ten years after that, I was reading Ping to my kids. Its main characters are Ping, a young duck, and a Chinese boy who wants to save Ping from becoming the family's dinner. The plot occurs on the family's fishing boat as the boy is faced with a difficult dilemma…

From Jill's list on celebrating cultural diversity for young children.