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THE HOUSE BABA BUILT

The House Baba Built
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Young
Author's First Name: 
Ed
Second Author's First Name: 
Libby
Second Author's Last Name: 
Koponen
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2011
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Ed Young weaves the tale of his own childhood in China in the safety of the "big brick house...with courtyards, gardens, a swimming pool" with cut and layered paper and textures, photographs, and a double-page foldout diagram of the house. Seven to Ten. Katherine Regeimbal. 

In this loving tribute to the home built by his father to protect the family, Ed Young uses intricate artwork and a spare text to recreate the years he and his siblings spent in Shanghai during World War II.