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Ed Young has written tons of awesome books inspired by Chinese philosophy and calligraphy. But spoiler alert: he's not really all that young. Actually, kind of the opposite. When's he going to change that name?
Transcript
- 00:04
[Coop and Dino singing]
- 00:13
Lon Po Po is the Chinese version of the popular story Little Red Riding Hood. [Lon Po Po and Little Red Riding Hood books]
- 00:18
Not to be confused with Yon Yo-Yo, the inspiring story of a child’s toy that’s determined
- 00:22
not to let some silly ol’ string hold it back…
- 00:25
In Little Red Riding Hood, there is only one child; in Lon Po Po, there are three. [Venn diagram of little red riding hood and lon po po stories]
Full Transcript
- 00:29
Otherwise, though, the two stories are pretty similar.
- 00:32
In Lon Po Po, the illustrations are dark from the beginning to set the mood.
- 00:35
This ain’t no tale about puppies and rainbows. [Puppies in a field with a rainbow in the sky]
- 00:37
The story is told from the perspective of the three children…
- 00:40
…using third person limited point of view…
- 00:42
…where we find out what’s going on thanks to a trio of narrators who each give us a [A trio of female narrators]
- 00:46
piece of the story.
- 00:47
The author of this book is Ed Young, whose works are inspired by Chinese philosophy and calligraphy.
- 00:52
Young has used that inspiration to write more than 80 books. [Coop teaching about Ed Young]
- 00:55
Busy guy.
- 00:56
Young grew up in Shanghai, China, and Hong Kong, and came to the United States to become [Plane flies from Hong Kong to USA]
- 01:00
an architect.
- 01:01
Instead, he found his love for art.
- 01:03
He still got to be creative, but…he didn’t need to spend all that money on T-squares… [Ed Young buying art supplies]
- 01:07
Young has taught art in a number of universities…
- 01:09
…and has won two Caldecott Medals for his artwork. [Young holding two Caldecott medals]
- 01:12
He continues to write today, and all of his books have beautiful artwork inspired by Chinese
- 01:16
culture and language.
- 01:17
There may be another author somewhere who has written more books with a strong Chinese influence…
- 01:21
…but we don’t advise you Tibet on it… [Man sitting in a library]
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