A song for Ba /
Yee, Paul.
A song for Ba / Paul Yee ; pictures by Jan Peng Wang. - Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2004. - [30] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Wei Lim's father, Ba, is a singer in the Chinese opera and usually plays the general singing in a deep bass voice. As shrinking audiences put the opera company in financial danger, Ba finds himself forced to take on female parts. He has trouble accepting that he can no longer play a great man and even more difficulty learning to sing in the high voice required. Finally, Wei comes to the rescue.
Grades 2-4 and old readers.
0888994923
20039048799
Chinese--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Operas, Chinese--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Canadian Author.
E YEE
A song for Ba / Paul Yee ; pictures by Jan Peng Wang. - Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2004. - [30] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Wei Lim's father, Ba, is a singer in the Chinese opera and usually plays the general singing in a deep bass voice. As shrinking audiences put the opera company in financial danger, Ba finds himself forced to take on female parts. He has trouble accepting that he can no longer play a great man and even more difficulty learning to sing in the high voice required. Finally, Wei comes to the rescue.
Grades 2-4 and old readers.
0888994923
20039048799
Chinese--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Operas, Chinese--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Canadian Author.
E YEE