The Paper Boat
Dublin Core
Title
The Paper Boat
Creator
Lam, Thao (author)
Lam, Thao (Illustrator)
Description
A unique wordless picturebook that tells the story of a family's flight from Communist-ruled Vietnam. The images were created from paper craft, and ants are used to parallel the experience of the refugees.
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc.
Date
September 15, 2020
Coverage
Toronto, Canada (publisher)
Format
Print Book (hardcover), colour illustrations, 40 pages, 1.25 X 8.75 X 0.35 in.
Type
Book
Language
language: English
Source
"The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story." Indigo Chapters. indigo.ca. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-paper-boat-a-refugee/9781771473637-item.html?
Kenzie Hofmann (cataloguer, 2022)
Kelly St-Jacques (cataloguer, 2022)
Identifier
ISBN 9781771473637
Relation
"Behind the Book: The Paper Boat." YouTube. https://youtu.be/1GoNDFkma0k.
Rights
Embedded video: The standard YouTube license, https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms.
Book Item Type Metadata
Original Format of Book
picture book
Character Type
group (characters)
human (secondary characters)
non-human (secondary characters)
Race/Ethnicity
Asian (primary character)
Gender Identity
girl/woman (secondary characters)
Sexuality
unspecified sexuality (secondary characters)
Citation
Lam, Thao (author) and Lam, Thao (Illustrator), “The Paper Boat,” Windows and Mirrors: Diversity in Books for Young Readers, accessed October 3, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/windowsandmirrors/items/show/110.
Item Relations
| This Item | is a work written by | Item: Lam, Thao |
| This Item | is a work illustrated by | Item: Lam, Thao |
| This Item | is a work found at | Item: Indigo - Innes |