The House Baba Built : An Artist's Childhood in China (Hardcover)

from pbusto1

In my opinion this is a wonderful book to read especially if you want to learn about someone's struggle through the great depression. The language in the book was very clear and informative it talked about a man's life during the great depression and how he managed to secure land and helped other...

from MzzColby

A fascinating memoir of a young family's exceptional experiences in Shanghai, China, this detailed nonfiction picture book has enough prose to become a poignant short story. Living in a home built by his father to protect the family from Japanese bombs during World War II, Ed Young vividly descri...

from Sullywriter

Ed Young's memoir about his childhood home in Shanghai is an astonishingly beautiful, exquisitely designed work of art, a genuine masterpiece.

from AbigailAdams26

I had the misfortune to lose my father, roughly one month ago, after a protracted illness - a reality that I am still struggling to assimilate - and stories about the role that fathers play, in a child's life, about the houses they build, whether real or figurative, for their families, are especi...

from abbylibrarian

This is Ed Young's picture book memoir about growing up in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. The huge house his father build provided a home for several families during World War II. The collages, drawings, and paintings are distinguished and a first-person account is always a thing to treasure. H...