Picture Book 18

The Story of Paper by: Ying Chang Compestine

 

Title: The Story of Paper
Illustrator:YongSheng Xuan
Genre:Juvenile Fiction
Subjenre: Picture book, historical fiction
Theme:brothers, china, history, paper
Primary & Secondary Characters: Ting, Pan, and K ai
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Date of Publication: 2003
Publishing Company: Holiday House

Summary of Book:

This book is a great historical fiction book. It is a fictional story about the invention of paper. It illustrates how 3 mischevious boys invent paper after being tired of having their teacher constantly write on their hands. It also includes a recipe in the back of the book on how to make homemade paper. In the classroom I would use this book when we were studying historical fiction to show that there is a real story of how paper started being made but historical fiction kind of makes a more fun story that is fictional about how paper was made. I would also use the recipe in the back to encourage classroom participation and interaction.