Ming's adventure with the Terracotta Army

Ming's adventure with the Terracotta Army

Jian Li

Book - 2014

When a special exhibition of terracotta warriors comes to town, Ming and his mother goes to see them at the museum. To remember this exciting event, Ming's mother buys him a little figurine of a General to keep in his room at home. But at midnight, Ming wakes up and finds the General figurine is alive and he has a copper carriage ready to take Ming to his home in Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Tomb in Xi'an, China. In this mysterious underground world over 2,000 year old, Ming meets the General's army of terracotta warriors. -- Provided by publisher.

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Subjects
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese > Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. > Juvenile fiction.
Dreams > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Fiction.
Genres
Picture books
Fiction
Published
New York, NY : Better Link Press [2014]
Language
English
Chinese
Main Author
Jian Li (author)
Other Authors
Yijin Wert (translator)
Item Description
Translated from the Chinese.
Title also in Chinese.
Physical Description
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 25 cm
ISBN
9781602209831
Contents unavailable.
Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 1-3-When Ming's mother takes him to a museum to see the Terracotta Army of Qin Shihuang, she buys him a figurine as a souvenir. That night, he dreams that the General comes to life and takes him to see the rest of the army. Ming learns more about the masouleum and the soldiers before returning safely to his bed just in time to wake up. This gentle adventure serves as an introduction to China's Terracotta Army, with Ming meeting several different types of soldiers who tell him about themselves. Captions for the watercolor illustrations give even more information for curious readers. Despite the fact that the soldiers were originally painted vivid colors, Li paints them all in somber browns, making Ming the bright focus on each spread.-Jennifer Rothschild, Arlington County Public Libraries, VA (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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