La Chine au fil du temps

by Du Fei (Illustrator), Edward Aves, Stéphanie Alglave (Translator)

L'album présente l'évolution du Grand Canal de Chine au cours des siècles, dont la construction a débuté, sous la dynastie des Zhou, en 486 avant notre ère. Nous suivons son évolution, jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine, à travers: les guerres, les inondations, les famines, les fêtes, les spectacles et les activités commerciales incessantes. Cette présentation simple, en images, est accessible à tous. [SDM].
Il y a peu de texte, mais de grandes illustrations, méticuleusement travaillées, nous convient à un véritable voyage à travers quelques annotations historiques, tandis que différentes gloses nous aident à interpréter ces grandes scènes illustrées qui défilent sous nos yeux.

Genres: History, China, Nonfiction, Childrens, Picture Books, Geography, Juvenile

32 pages, Paperback

Published February 11, 2021

Reviews

[Philip]

Companion to Du Fei's The Great Wall Through Time: A 2,700-Year Journey Along the World's Greatest Wall.

On the one hand, this book probably taught me more (as I went in knowing next to nothing about the Grand Canal—as opposed to the Great Wall, about which I already knew a fair amount); but then on the other was overall less interesting, since the Wall (if kept out the barbarians!) tells a frankly more riveting tale than the Canal (it facilitated commerce!!). The illustrations are also a bit more repetitive, consisting of various canal-side scenes that vary little from dynasty to dynasty and city to city. Still, a quick but fascinating read.

[Elfo-oscuro]

Coincido en que el orden de paginas no es el adecuado pues va adelante y atras en el tiempo segun pasas paginas. Por lo demas yo lo fui degustando poco a poco, un par de paginas al día y asi se disfruta y no cansa. Muy instructivo para aprender de China

[Jeannette]

What a great book of the history of the world's greatest canal. All the illustrations are superb in every way. This is a great book for children as well as those, like us, who are adults. Great fun looking for the cat and all the other items that we were challenged to find.

[Emma]

Amazing historical journey through the greatest canal. The detail in each of the panoramic illustrations is so compelling and feels so alive. It was also lots of fun finding Lihua the street smart cat.

[Michelle]

Gorgeously illustrated book showing historical scenes along the Grand Canal in China. Fun can-you-spot-X games (including a little cat in each scene) on each spread for little kids. I'd have liked a bit more historical context for older kids and adults, I don't know that I could say I necessarily learned more than a few scattered facts from it. Nevertheless, worth it for the illustrations alone.

[Dee Chen]

Idk that they made first canal in china. It was a fun fact! Love the way they draw it, lots of attention to detail and yet fun to read. 3.5/5 (because i’m in hurry to finish the book before the library close) but still fun read

[Hillary]

Excellent children's book with snapshots of various events or locations in China. We enjoyed the short stories and loved the "seek and find" pictures. Highly recommend as a supplemental intro to Chinese history.

[Emily]

The text could be more engaging and organized (the narrative jumped back and forth through time), but the painstaking details of the illustrations are simply gorgeous and worth 5 out of 5 stars.

[Laura]

A helpful children's book that gave me a very high-level history of China's Grand Canal.

[Bradyasmin]

Great overview for all ages

[wildct2003]

Ok, easy to find cat

[Anne M]

Amazing illustration and story, but it's not entirely in chronological order.

[Louis]

The modern part isn’t so attractive, the rest is fantastic.

[Marcela]

Beautiful and very interesting book. The illustrations are amazing. Me and my son loved this book