Hall, Bruce Edward.

Henry and the kite dragon / Bruce Edward Hall ; illustrated by William Low. - New York : Philomel Books, c2004. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Added to collection January 2006 from Birthday Book Club donation in honour of Dianne Burt whose birthday is November 3.

In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.

ISBN: 0399237275 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2003016381

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Culture
Kites--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
Italian Americans--Fiction.
Birthday Book Club
Grade 5 heritage theme

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.H141136 / He 2004

Dewey Class. No.: [E]