Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Ping lived with his mother and his father and two sisters and three brothers and eleven aunts and seven uncles and forth-two cousins . . .His home is a boat on the Yangtze River to which he must return each night. But one night he rebels. His subsequent adventures have become justly famous. The incantatory words of the text and pure, appealing colours of Kurt Wiese's illustrations are well integrated in this sound and satisfying book.
A read together picture book.