The Story of Chopsticks : Amazing Chinese Inventions

Enjoyed by readers of age: 6 to 8

Read the most by: boys and girls

"Like the hues in a stained glass window, [the illustrations] look brilliant...this well-designed book will please children in the primary grades."—ALA Booklist

This series of how the creative Kang brothers discovered four of China's famed inventions features new Chinese translations.

Wanting more to eat, Kùai is inspired to use sticks to grab food quickly while it's too hot for Ting and Pan. When his family attends a wedding banquet, Kùai brings his chopsticks... to everyone's great surprise!

Ying Chang Compestine lives near San Francisco, California.

YongSheng Xuan, a graduate of Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts, lives in Vancouver, Canada.