FINDING THE PAPER MAKER

Mosaics by Narinjan Khalsa

Text by M.D. Osborne

Chang Zhu--a kite maker living with his practical wife Meifeng and tiny daughter Ping in a sleepy Chinese village during the Song dynasty--has a big problem.  His new shipment of colorful handmade paper for making his lively, high-flying kites has mysteriously disappeared, and the kite-flying festival is just around the corner.  Chang's livelihood is at stake, and, too, he doesn't want to disappoint the children of Lanxi.  The Zhu family must make the journey to Hangzhou to find the paper maker and acquire more paper.  Journey with them as they encounter an odd assortment of people and creatures along the way in FINDING THE PAPER MAKER.

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WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY

M.D. OSBORNE

     Life can be hard when you're a smaller-than-average seven-year-old living in a big city with two older brothers.  Little Ernie accompanies his 13-year-old brother Ike around Chicago as Ike tries to earn money by playing the drums on an upside-down plastic container.  Bored and left on his own, Ernie meets an Italian gardener who shows him the beauty and mystery that can be found in growing and caring for plants.  But, Ike is suspicious of the gardener, and Ernie is in trouble for talking to a stranger.  And that's just the beginning as the characters explore what it is that makes each other tick.