The Magic Brush : A Story of Love, Family, and Chinese Characters
Huy Voun Lee Kat Yeh
Hardcover
(Bloomsbury Publishing USA, March 15, 2014)
Combining a heartwarming family story, a magical adventure, and amultilingual primer on Chinese language, "The Magic""Brush" tells the story of Jasmine, a young girl who learnsChinese calligraphy from her Agong, or grandfather. As Jasmine learnshow to paint the characters for dragon, fish, horse, friend, and more, she and Agong are magically transported to the wondrous world they arecreating. But when Agong passes away, Jasmine must find a way for theirspecial paintings to live on. Could her baby brother Tai-Tai be thekey? "The Magic Brush," beautifully rendered intraditional cut-paper, is perfect for young readers and their parentsto share, steeped in Chinese traditions and full of magical adventure.