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Ten Mice for Tet By Pegi Deitz Shea and Cynthia Weill Illustrated by To Ngoc Trang Pham Viet Dinh 2003, 28 pages, Hardback. Book Description from the front Cover Flap Cover Comments from the front Cover Flap Cover About the Creators of the Book ORDER -- Item #3494, Price $15.95 Request More Information Go to Browsing Page Book Description from the front Cover Flap Cover It's time for Tet! This colorful counting book introduces children to the rich traditions of the Vietnamese new year. A village of playful mice lead young readers through the joyful celebration, as exquisitely embroidered illustrations recreate ten scenes of preparation, gift giving, feasting, and firework displays. With simple text and an informative afterword, Ten Mice for Tet is an engaging tribute to a special holiday. Back to the Top Comments from the front Cover Flap Cover "…a marvelous showcase for Viet Dinh's embroidery…exuberant compositions will hold the interest of even the youngest readers." -Publishers Weekly "Remarkable, vividly colored…an excellent addition to any collection." -School Library Journal "…an inviting, informative introduction to the holiday." -Kirkus Reviews Back to the Top Background on the Creators of the Book American Cynthia Weill discovered the embroideries created in the villiage Quat Dong while she ran the education department of an international relief organization in Hanoi, Vietnam. She thought the embroideries would make beautiful illustrations for a book, so she contacted an author friend, Pegi Deitz Shea, who has written about Southeast Asia since her visit there in 1989. Together they came up with the idea for Ten Mice for Tet. To create the illustrations, award-winning children's book illustrator To Ngoc Trang (pronounced Toe Knock Chang) drew the pictures to be embroidered. Then the embroiderer Pham Viet Dinh (pronounced Pam Viet Deen) laid the pictures over a piece of cloth and stuck pins through the picture's outlines. He sprinkled blue powder over the pinholes, which left the outline on the cloth when the picture was lifted. He then embroidered the cloth with cotton thread. A special camera photographed the embroideries so the book could be printed. Back to the Top AACP Home Page About | Contact | New | Specials | Browsing | Ordering | Conference | Links | Help Copyright © 2008 by AACP, Inc. Most recent revision February 7, 2008