China / text by Maximilien Dauber and Martine Noblet ; translation by Maureen Walker.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Dauber, Maximilien.

Contributor:

• Noblet, Martine.
• Steven Rothman Collection of Comics, Cartoons, and Graphic Novels (University of Pennsylvania)
• Comics Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Tintin's travel diaries

Language:

• English
• French

Subjects (All):

• China--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
• Tintin (Fictitious character).
• China.

Penn Provenance:

• Rothman, Steven D. (donor)

Physical Description:

75 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 27 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, 1994.

Contents:

• How many people live in China?
• What is a day in Beijing like?
• Are there many Chinese farmers?
• How did the Chinese build their houses in the past?
• What is the most commonly used vehicle in China?
• What is the Trans-Siberian?
• What did the Chinese build the grand canal?
• Why is the Yellow River called the "river of sorrow"?
• What are the "ten thousand small trades"?
• What is the role of the elderly in Chinese life?
• How is silk made?
• What is the silk road?
• What do the Chinese eat?
• Why do the Chinese grow rice?
• How do the Chinese use cormorants for fishing?
• What is the favorite drink of the Chinese?
• Why is Chinese writing different from ours?
• What are the powers of the dragon?
• Why do the Chinese like to paint mountains?
• Is God Chinese
• Why did the Chinese build a Great Wall?
• Who lived in the Forbidden City?
• Who was Mao?
• Do Chinese tortures still exist?
• Where does the giant panda live?
• Are all the Chinese actually Chinese?
• Where do the "riders of the wind" come from?
• How do the Mongols live?
• Where can we see ice palaces?
• Are the Chinese great inventors?

Notes:

• Originally published: Casterman, Tournai, 1992.
• Maps on lining papers.
• Includes bibliographical references (page 75) and index.

ISBN:

• 0812064267
• 9780812064261
• 0812018656
• 9780812018653

OCLC:

30363606