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Original Title:	The Story About Ping
ISBN:	0448421658 (ISBN13: 9780448421650)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	China

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Ping was an adventurous duck who lived on a beautiful wise-eyed boat on the Yangtze River. He liked his life on the riverboat just and liked his large family and his kind master. He didn't like to be the last in line to board the boat at night, for that unlucky duck got a loud spank. So what did Ping do when it seemed that he would be the last on line? What else but set out on his own to explore the fascinating world of life on the Yangtze River. The Story about Ping is one of the best-loved and enduring children's books, both for its spirited and irrepressible hero and for its beautiful evocation of a distant land and way of life. Every child can sympathize with a dawdling duck who wants to avoid a spanking, and share his excitement and wonder as he sails down the river.

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Title	:	The Story About Ping
Author	:	Marjorie Flack
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 32 pages
Published	:	August 28th 2000 by Grosset & Dunlap (first published 1933)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction

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Other than Russell Hoban's "Frances" series, this book is my favorite childhood memory. It foretold a life of distraction, rebellion, waywardness, all nighters, and the last duck home swat. I was fortunate enough to buy a Signed, First Edition this book at auction. It is a treasured possession.

I chanced upon this while trying to send a childrens book to my friend. The illustrations drew me in - not often that you find Chinese illustrations in a childrens book! The Story About Ping, is simplistic enough - but dig deeper and you can find so many layers of meaning behind it. Ping is afraid of a spanking and that fear drives him to a series of misadventures. What if we dont fear at all? Thats what Ping realizes at the end of this little tale. What I dont like? Come on - the spanking! Not

I have especially fond memories of this book. I just felt like I was there, on the river.Re-reading it this week brought to mind sadness at how quickly the planet can be changed by people. The Yangtze river way of life is quite different than it was 70 years ago when this book was written. (And perhaps Flack didn't have it exactly right; she's not Chinese, after all.) But certainly things have changed. In the 30 years since I became acquainted with the book, the Yangtze Valley has lost 140

I see why the story of Ping is still around. Its getting to be 100 years now, published in 1933. It was before the Caldecott award started. Its an old book. Its a very lovely book.Ping lives with his large duck family on a boat just for ducks. The owner of the little boat will put up a ramp and let all the ducks out and then they walk up the ramp to get back on the boat. If you are the last duck, the man will give you a spank on the way up. This terrified Ping.One day, he was late and he saw he

My children are both hooked on this book right now, but I'm ambivalent. It's certainly engrossing and atmospheric, though I can't comment on whether its depiction of life on the Yangtze is even remotely accurate. Much of the plot is driven by the baby duck Ping's fear of getting spanked for being last to enter the "wise-eyed boat" (sounds almost like a Homeric epithet). "Spank" has now entered my children's vocabulary, and I was a bit taken aback to see my son pick up a stick on the playground

*We had this in one of our school sets, and it was one of the stories Aunt Mary (and others) read to the girls at GmaKroeschel's often. :)

I actually first heard about his story years ago on a Weston Woods video. The Story of Ping is a Chinese story by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese about how a young and beautiful duck named Ping gets lost in the Yangtze River after he tries to avoid punishment of being late. The Story of Ping is a cute story about showing the consequences of disobedience and the importance of family that children cannot resist!Once there lived a beautiful young yellow duck named Ping who lived with his mother, his