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Laurence Yep

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Award-Winning

Multicultural

Author

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Short Biography

• Born and raised in California

• Chinese-American

•

Named by his brother Thomas after a saintwho died

• Worked in his family’s store 

•

Originally planned to enter science• Placed into a low level Chinese class and

didn’t learn the language 

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Award Winning Books

• Dragon’s Gate

(1867)

 – Construction of 

Transcontinental

Railroad

• Dragonwings (1903)

 – Chinese child meetshis father in America

and they build a

plane (Research)

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Later, Gator

• Sibling Rivalry

• Self  – Esteem

•

Pets/Animals• Bicultural

Experiences

•

Family Structures

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The Magic Paintbrush

• Immortality

• Memories

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Loss of Family – Greed

• Socio-economic

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When the Circus Came to Town

• Self  – Esteem

• Racism

•

Chinese Culture• Community

• The “Outsider” Mark 

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Family / Brothers

• How do family members

show love?

• What does it mean to

be a brother?

• How does the generation

gap influence family?

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Biculturalism / Racism

• What does it mean to

be part of two cultures?

• How do people respond

racism?

• What are the differences

/similarities between

cultures?

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Child Vs. Adult

• How do children interpret

the actions of adults?

• Do adults have their own

fears and sadness?

• What makes a child

different from an

adult?

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Final Ideas for Teachers

• A. Body Language in Writing

• B. Chinese Art

•

C. Chinese Culture• D. Community Culture

• E. Chinese Immigrant History

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Five Sources

• http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/yep.html - Convenient, small biography

with some good quotations

• http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustr

ators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12929  – Very short, authors webpage

• http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/yep.html -

Helpful for Teachers, not as “kid-friendly” 

• Presenting Laurence Yep by Dianne Johnson-Feelings – Young Adult book that

discusses the author

• Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays – His book “Dragonwings”

was turned into a play in 1991