When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, are separated during China’s Cultural Revolution, they are able to stay close by greeting one another every day with flying kites until Baba, like the kites, is free. Includes historical note.
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- ISBN: 9781423127536
- Author: Jiang, Ji-li
- Illustrator: Ruth, Greg
- Published: 2013 , Disney*Hyperion Books
- Themes: communism, cultural revolution, father and son, Hope, kites
- Descriptors: Asia, China, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 32