Little Pear : the story of a little Chinese boy

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Title:

Little Pear : the story of a little Chinese boy

Author:

Lattimore, Eleanor Frances, 1904-1986, author.

ISBN:

9780152054960

9780152055028

9780152466855

9781415646854

Edition:

1st Harcourt Young Classics ed.

Physical Description:

vii, 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Subject Term:

Children -- China -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Summary:

The adventures of Little Pear, a mischievous five-year-old boy living in China in the early 1900s.

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Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place long ago, he is much like any little boy today--always on the lookout for excitement and adventure!

Little Pear is just looking for fun, but he has a knack for finding trouble without even trying! Join him as he stows away to the fair in a wheelbarrow full of vegetables, nearly flies away on a kite, has a mishap with a firecracker, and is rescued from the river by a houseboat family.

Author Notes

ELEANOR FRANCES LATTIMORE (1904-1986) was an American citizen born and raised in Shanghai. She began her career as an artist, but became known as the author and illustrator of more than fifty popular children's books. A number of her stories are based on her experiences growing up in China.

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Horn Book Review

Little Pear lives in a small village in China in the early 1900s, and these two short, episodic novels describe his daily life (e.g., riding an ice-sled, getting a stomachache from eating unripe peaches, and burning a hole in his best jacket). These reissues are sweet but dated in both appearance and content. [Review covers these titles: Little Pear and Little Pear and His Friends.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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