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| Paul Yee (Can)
explores the world and experience of “overseas Chinese,”
those Chinese who live and work in North America, in his
critically-acclaimed picture books, short stories, novels
and nonfiction. He studied as an historian, has worked as
an archivist and did a great deal of research and volunteer
work in Vancouver’s Chinatown, which became a source of
inspiration for his writing career. Paul has published well
over a dozen books for readers of all ages; his latest titles
include Bamboo, a folk tale set in a south Chinese
village.
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A young Chinese farmer named Bamboo meets and falls in love
with a pretty young woman named Ming. As a wedding gift
to her new husband, Ming presents Bamboo with some bamboo
seedlings, which they promptly plant in their garden. Shortly
after they marry, Bamboo journeys to Canada in hopes of
making money for his family. While he is gone, Jin, his
sister-in-law, treats Ming very badly; she and her husband
destroy the bamboo poles that Ming and Bamboo had planted.
Despite all this, Ming continues to be kind and warm to
her in-laws. But what will happen as the time of Bamboo’s
arrival draws near?
