Chang and the Bamboo Flute
Illustrator
Lesley Liu
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Publication Year
2002
ISBN
9780374312381
Pages
64 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Chang, a mute Chinese boy whose father uses cormorants to fish, becomes a hero when a heavy rain strands his father's fishing raft.
Grade Level
3-5
Lexile Measure
600L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; mute; mute child
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Chinese
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2003
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, Supplement, 2003
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003
Keywords
fishing; birds; flood; China; flute; music; friendship; wok; market
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hill, Elizabeth Starr, "Chang and the Bamboo Flute" (2002). Diverse Families. 1593.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1593