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The Story About Ping (Paperback) (平装)
by Marjorie Flack
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Tale, Classics, Ages 4-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 88.00
MSL price:
¥ 78.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
It's not a tidy, pat treatment of issues like children's anxieties or the value of accepting the consequences of your actions. Rather, it's a tale that provokes imagination-that taps into those fears and ideas without simplifying them. |
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L. Calderwood (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-21 00:00>
I read this book to my children (aged 5 and 2) numerous times over the course of a week, and they both loved it. They could not wait to read "Ping" each day, and my two-year-old still talks about Ping and China, 2 months after we read it.
Yes, Ping received a switch (not a beating) for being last, but he learned that being safe with his family was much better than being alone. He (and we) also learned that facing up to the consequences of being late (or any error) is definitely better than trying to hide from the consequences or lying about it. Much bigger trouble comes then. During the time we read the book, we learned about China (then and now), the Yangtze River, the artwork (drawing water, repetition, etc.), taking responsibility for one's actions, water safety, and many other things.
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Kevin Hamilton (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-21 00:00>
When I was a kid growing up in the south, I used to read this book over and over. That was in the 1960's, when the Chinese, who's side we were on during the war, were a people we were supposed to hate, and the Japanese, who we hated during the war, were a people we were supposed to like. Nevermind all those reruns of anti Japanese war movies that were still playing on TV at the time.
The wise-eyed boat, the fishing birds with the rings around their necks, the boy with the wacky hairdo and peculiar barrel tied to his back. The hand-made wicker basket and complete absence of anything material or useless.
It humanized Asians for me in a way that was not only healthy, but induced a curiosity of the region and its peoples that I have still yet to satisfy, even after living for 18 years of my adult life in Northeast Asia. (Maybe I'm still running away from that dreaded spank!)
Every time I see those Peking ducks strung up in those shop windows in Hongkong I can't help but think of Ping and his mother and his father and two sisters and three brothers and eleven aunts and seven uncles and forty-two cousins.
Read Ping to your kids. It just might change their lives!!
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Dave Shepherd (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-21 00:00>
The Story About Ping is a beautiful allegory for the futility of free thought. While conforming may be painful [as shown by Ping's daily swat for being last and least of the conforming], it triumphs over the frightening world of the unknown. Leaving us with the message that overcoming adversity through intellectual superiority is impossible and in vain. A perfect story for the proletariat children of the future, or for a President supporting the PATRIOT Act, though the latter may have problems tackling its big words.
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-21 00:00>
Ping is a beautiful young duck that lives on the Yangtze River as told by the authors in this great fiction book. He lives with his family on the beautiful wide-eyed boat. Each morning they comb the banks of the river looking for good things to eat, but when the sun starts to set the race is on to get back to the boat, for the last duck to board the boat gets a spanking. When Ping finds himself to be the last duck he decides to hide in the tall grass on the bank and wait till tomorrow to board the boat. The next day while Ping searches for his family he finds himself aboard a houseboat ready to be duck stew. Will he escape and make it home or will he become duck stew? Ride along with Ping and discover that getting a spanking is much bette than getting in more trobule than you already are.Don't miss out on this great book and find out if the houseboat family gets their supper of duck stew.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-21 00:00>
Am I the only child in America who was terrified by The Story About Ping? From the Wise Eyed Boat, whose stern and piercing gaze seemed darkly malevolent, to the crowded Yangtze, the illustrations spoke of an incomprehensible and hostile world. Punishment was certain; even if every duck behaved perfectly, someone was certain to get spanked. And the building tension as the sun moved closer and closer to the horizon still has the power to raise a chill. I understand that my reaction to the book is extreme, but if your child is prone to guilt, read The Runaway Bunny instead!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-21 00:00>
This is a delightful little story of the misadventures of a duckling named Ping. Ping hides in the weeds along the banks of the Yangtze River rather than face the spank the last duck to board his houseboat at dusk receives (I have always wondered why the last duck gets spanked). The story is beautifully illustrated, and the poignant scene of Ping looking after his home as it sales away stands out, as does Ping nestled safely with his family and friends on the very last page.
This tale underscores the importance of home, of family and of belonging. It is a good bed-time book with its happy ending after Ping's narrow escape from becoming a meal. Highly recommended.
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