Books by Harriet Evans
Above and Below: Sea and Shore
Harriet Evans & Hannah Bailey (illustrator)
An informative book brimming with lovely, accessible illustrations and split pages with a flap on each two-page spread that adds richness. Younger children will enjoy the pictures of all kinds of animals and plants. Older children can begin to understand the variety and interconnectedness of coastal and deep sea ecosystems through chapters that include polar seas, tropical shore, kelp forest, mangrove, estuary and coral reef.
Ages 5-10
“It’s also a community study of this section of Beijing and what it’s gone through. The main figures in her book are people who have never really had a moment when their lives dramatically improved—in the way that the Revolution was supposed to have dramatically improved their lives after liberation. Their lives also didn’t dramatically improve when the reform period happened, and money began to be made in China. They were continually on the margins. One of the things that’s powerful about this book is that the major standout events in a political, top-down history of Beijing aren’t necessarily the things that are the key marking points in these people’s lives. It’s a very ground’s eye view of the Mao years and the period after that, which gets you to rethink a lot of your assumptions about the shape of China during the last 70 years.” Read more...
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Historian
Interviews where books by Harriet Evans were recommended
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Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong
by Holmes Chan (editor) -
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Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
by James Millward -
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Forbidden Memory: Tibet during the Cultural Revolution
by Susan Chen (translator) & Tsering Woeser -
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Beijing from Below: Stories of Marginal Lives in the Capital's Center
by Harriet Evans -
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Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai
by Jim Carter -
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American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
Best China Books of 2020, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Best China Books of 2020, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
All eyes are on China as it occupies an increasingly important role on the world stage and its economic growth continues to barrel on. But behind the Chinese Communist Party’s apparent competence lies a deep insecurity about its relationship with its own citizens, particularly those who question its right to rule them. American historian and Sinologist Jeffrey Wasserstrom picks the best books of 2020 on China.
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A Seed Is Sleepy
by Dianna Aston & Sylvia Long (illustrator) -
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How Colour Works
by Catherine Barr & Yuliya Gwilym (illustrator) -
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Bright in the Night
by Lena Sjöberg -
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The Big Book of Bugs
by Yuval Zommer -
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Creatures of the Deep: The Pop-Up Book
by Ernst Haeckel & Maike Biederstädt (paper engineer)
Beautiful Science Books for 4-8 Year Olds, recommended by Our Children's Editor
Beautiful Science Books for 4-8 Year Olds, recommended by Our Children's Editor
Scientific picture books provide an enjoyable way for kids to explore different fields of science without realising how much they are learning. Our Children’s Editor picks science books for kids age 4-8 that are informative but also a pleasure to look at, both for children and for the adults that are reading with them.
