The Story about Ping

Received book in a damaged condition, folded and not able to read properly. No protocol followed for delivery I guess. and worst of all no replacement possible.

Interesting due its cultural heritage

Preiswert, neu, pünktlich

Un cuento muy bonito. Historia encantadora, con esas repeticiones que crean un ritmo que encanta a los niños. Ilustraciones sencillas que acompañan perfectamente. Tapa blanda.

I read this as a child and now I have my students read it. There's nothing terribly profound in it, but it paints a very charming picture of an interesting world. It is also a good way to help children understand why obedience is important. I'm happy I can still have access to it and I'm happy I can share it with others.

I bought this book for my 4-year-old grandson for two reasons. The first is that his Daddy (my son) loved this book as a child. The second reason is that it is easy to have a discussion about behavior and consequences after reading this book. Ping, the little duck gets separated from his family which he thinks is no big deal; however, he is captured by people on another boat and placed under a basket. He hears that he will become their dinner and it is only because of the bravery of a little boy on the boat that Ping escapes back into the Yangtze River. He is rejoined with his family, but not before he gets a "spank" from a rod from the owner of the boat where his entire family lives. We do not spank our grandson but use "time-out" when discipline is needed. It is easy to explain that the duck received a "spank" like our grandson gets a time-out. Our grandson has responded positively to this story. We started taking our grandson to the library at 2 years old to introduce him to reading. Once we read "The Story of Ping", he would ask for it again and again. So many times this library book was already checked out. Now he will be ever to look at the pages and hear the story read at home with his only copy.