kites

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kites

The best winds

2006
Young Jinho is bored with the childhood stories that his grandfather tells; but as the two build a kite together, Jinho begins to see and understand his grandfather's customs and his own Korean heritage.

Henry and the kite dragon

2004
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.

The kite fighters

2000
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.

Let's fly a kite

2000
Two squabbling siblings learn about symmetry when their babysitter helps them build and fly a kite.

Shibumi and the kitemaker

1999
After seeing the disparity between the conditions of her father's palace and the city beyond its walls, the Emperor's daughter has the royal kitemaker build a huge kite to take her away from it all.

Kites and flying objects

1992
Explains how to make and operate various flying objects, from paper darts, to frisbees, to different kinds of kites.

Kites on the wind

easy-to-make kites that fly without sticks
1991
Provides instructions for making thirteen kinds of kites that fly without sticks. Includes diagrams and flying tips.

The kite rider

a novel
2002
In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.

Kites

how to fly them, how to build them
1976

Lucky song

1997
The song a little girl hears describes her kite-flying adventure.

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