Ann Tompert (author)
Robert Andrew Parker (illustrator)
Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams
Crown, 1990
Grandfather Tang uses tangrams to spin a yarn about shape-shifting foxes to entertain Little Soo. The competitive fox friends try to out-do each other, becoming natural hunters like like hawks and alligators, then transforming quickly into creatures who by size (a goldfish) or skills (a goose) can escape. But when one of them, Chou, is threatened by a real hunter, his friend Wu Ling comes to his rescue. By twists and turns, Ann Tompert's narrative introduces the clever game of Chinese tangrams to young children. She includes instructions and a pattern.
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