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 November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/windowsandmirrors/items/show/110.

Output Formats

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