Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat

by Jennifer Armstrong

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Through her friendship with a ginger cat, a haughty Chinese widow learns to be humble and to provide for herself.

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When Chin Yu Min's wealthy husband drowns, her life of idleness comes to an end--until she meets a mysterious ginger cat fishing with his long tail. Striking illustrations complement this original folktale of a haughty widow whose life is transformed by friendship.
This is a tale of how an old women took everything for grantant. She eventually found humbleness through a small cats friendship.

This book is very useful in teaching how o respect others and also gives some insight to multiculturalism.

This is a good story to help children recognizes how your actions can effect yourself and others as well.
David recommends.
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And he's right; it's definitely worth recommending. Not quite worth buying, but I do strongly suggest that if your library has a copy, get it circulated! Note that the illustrator went on to do the first editions of Harry Potter.

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Jennifer Armstrong, a noted author of historical fiction, including "Black-Eyed Susan" & "The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan", lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. (Publisher Provided) Jennifer Armstrong was born in 1961 in Waltham, Massachusettes. When she was two, her family moved to New York State. They also lived in Switzerland for a year. Armstrong show more attended Smith College where she majored in English and American Literature. She graduated in 1983. After college, Armstrong worked for a publishing company in New York City. She quit to write full time. Armstrong has written over 50 books for kids and teens. She is the winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. Many of her books have been designated as Notable Books by the American Library Association and the International Reading Association. Armstrong also won the Knickernocker Award from the school librarians of New York. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Children's Books, Picture Books
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568Natural sciences & mathematicsFossils & DinosaursFossil Aves (birds)
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PZ7 .A73367 .CLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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