The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China
by Ed Young
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- Grade
- 1-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
Year Published 2011
Word Count 3,327
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 146042, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Art
- Subject Headings
- Shanghai (China)--Biography
- Young, Ed
- Artists--United States--Biography
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Young, Ed--Childhood and youth
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Artists
- United States
- Shanghai (China)
- Childhood and youth
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
- Lists With This Book
- Exploring Lives
- Asian Pacific American Heritage
- Asian Pacific American Family Stories
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Awards & Distinctions 7

El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Selection, 2014; Selection, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
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