One of a series of photographic information books concentrating on the daily lives and experiences of children in countries around the world. The other countries in the series are Brazil, Russia, India, Ghana, Vietnam, Lapland, Egypt, South Africa and Peru. Ren Yikang lives with her parents in Changzhi city. Her mother wakes her at seven and after breakfast her father gives her a lift to school on the back of his bicycle. When school is over for the day Yikang and her parents sit down to dinner of rice and stir fried Chinese celery with doufu (bean curd). After dinner, Yikang practices her English letters. At about 10, she kisses her mother and father goodnight and goes to bed. Yikang, Wanan! (Goodnight, Yikang).

 

 

This book features in the following series: Child's Day, Childs Day .

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2003 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Sungwan So is a freelance photographer specialising in travel and documentary photography. He completed a degree in Anthropology and a Masters in Philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He then went on to complete a degree in photography from Brooks Institute of Photography, California. He lives in the USA.