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Overview
Angry and fearful, Wang Fu terrorizes the other children in the village, while the curious and playful Hu Mei befriends a shimmering butterfly.
When the bully Wang Fu finds and cripples this butterfly, Hu Mei mourns its loss with her mother.
What happens the next morning will change Hu Mei and Wang Fu's lives forever when the shimmering secret finds a way into their hearts.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781982222192 |
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| Publisher: | Balboa Press |
| Publication date: | 03/04/2019 |
| Pages: | 50 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.14(d) |
| Age Range: | 3 - 12 Years |
About the Author
Ron has been making his living as an artist for over twenty years. He is a graduate of The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey. He has worked for major comic book companies such as Marvel Comics, D.C. Comics, Dark Horse and Image. He has drawn titles that include Batman, Superman, G.I. Joe, Punisher, Daredevil, and The Flash. In addition to comic book illustration, he has worked for the New York City advertising and video production companies Charlex Productions and Peter Wallach Studios. Concept and storyboard art was created for clients that include Crest, Planters Peanuts, and Aquafresh. He attended The School of Communication Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he studied 3D computer animation. Upon graduation he worked for Sinister Games, a video game production company, as art director and concept artist. There he worked on games such as Shadow Company and the Dukes of Hazard racing game. For the game company UBI Soft, he did design work for the main character in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell game. Along with comic art and illustration, he also paints portraits. His portrait experience includes work in oil, acrylic, pencil, and pastel. He resides in Des Moines where he continues to do comics, storyboards and portraits as well as playing some music from time to time.
Heather has been a part of growing the creative communities and supporting entrepreneurs for 15 years. While still in her mid-20s she started Swaelu Media, a marketing and web development company in 2000, with Kathryn Dickel. Realizing that their hometown, Des Moines, Iowa needed a serious cultural renaissance and the world, in general, needed a ticketing company that put the community first, they applied their creative and technological resources to found MIDWESTIX. MIDWESTIX provides event marketing and services to clients across the upper Midwest, including some of Iowa biggest events like the Des Moines Arts Festival (2013), Clay County Fair in Spencer Iowa, River Roots Live in Davenport and 80/35 in Des Moines.
Table of Contents
This is a story about a little girl named Hu Mei.
• Hu Mei sounds like it rhymes with "you may".
• You may like to skip like Hu Mei.
• You may have been afraid or sad like Hu Mei.
• You may know someone big or small, short or tall, old or young that you may feel afraid of when they are near you.
When you discover Hu Mei's 'shimmering secret', you may start to wonder about your own thoughts and feelings. You may begin to understand that Hu Mei, and you, and me are all alike. Every one of us – big or small, short or tall, old or young – has the power of the 'shimmering secret' inside to help guide us to our best lives.
In this story you will meet:
• Hu Mei’s family: Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather, and little brothers.
• Wang Fu: His name rhymes with Bang Boo.
• Wang Fu’s grandmother, Wang Shu: Her name (Shu) sounds like shoe.
• They all live in the ancient Chinese village of Chefoo. The (Ch) in Chefoo sounds like a G, so the village of Chefoo is pronounced G-fu.