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Title: The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker, Grace Lin ISBN: 0-8075-7309-4 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Seven sisters must unite and each use her own special talent
Comment: The Seven Chinese Sisters is a merry rendition by Kathy Tucker of a classic Chinese folk tale. Seven sisters must unite and each use her own special talent when the youngest of them is taken away by a hungry dragon. Simple and colorful artwork by Grace Lin embellishes this adventurous story. The Seven Chinese Sisters will prove to be a popular and entertaining addition to any family, school, or community library children's folktale picture book collection.
Rating: 4
Summary: Can-do sisters & great illustrations
Comment: In this all-girl version of the Chinese tall tale "The Seven Chinese Brothers," the sisters pool their amazing talents in order to save the seventh sister from a hungry dragon. First sister can "ride a scooter, fast as the wind," second sister knows karate, third sister can count to a high number...and so on. The story moves along quickly and works nicely for reading aloud.
As always, Grace Lin's illustrations are a visual treat--from the sisters' azure dresses to the bright red dragon to the textured background of green grasses and light blue sky. Her style is simple, yet rich with Chinese patterning and design.
There is a lot to like in this book with its model of strong can-do girls who use their heads, even in the face of a terrible dragon.
However, any update will invariably be compared to the original story, and here I find the "sisters" story seems a little more diluted and lacking in dramatic tension than its "brother" counterpart. In The Seven Chinese Brothers (by Margaret Mahy) the brothers use their superhuman powers to continuously outwit their would-be executioners. The pleasure in this book comes from being able to predict how each brother will outwit the adversary.
Though the sisters' talents complement each other nicely, the story is not as tightly crafted & the sense of anticipation is not as strong.
That said, both books are well reading to your children, as evidenced by my four-year-old daughter who asked me to read it over and over the first two days we had the book.
Note: If you liked the illustrations in this book, Grace Lin has illustrated several other excellent books for the 4-8 year-old set. Among them are Red is a Dragon, Round is a Mooncake, Dim Sum for Everyone and Kite Flying.
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Title: Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin ISBN: 037581082X Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong, Grace Lin ISBN: 0811831779 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy, Jean Mou-Sier Tsang ISBN: 0590420577 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Round Is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong, Grace Lin ISBN: 0811826767 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, Sophie Blackall ISBN: 0811834905 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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