Henry lives in small Chinatown, New York which is near Little Italy. This true story describes how there has always been conflict between the Italian kids and the Asians so they never really interact with each other. Grandfather Chin creates kites and one day Henry and his friend decide to help him. Each time they finished creating these beautiful kites, they would fly them into the sky yet Tony and his friends would throw rocks until they were destroyed.Henry became tired and confronted Tony trying to figure out why he continued to do this. Tony felt like the kites were intimidating his pet pigeon and was just trying to protect him. Henry realized what was happening and tried to agree to a time that the pigeons could freely fly as well as a time for the kites. Friendships were created after the situation was viewed from a different perspective. This conflict was resolved and they were each able to enjoy what they loved the most. ( )

The story was about the authors fathers childhood and how he lived in an apartment building with an old man they called grandfather Chin. It was a great story to me about bringing kids together from two cultures together. The story took place in Chinatown, New York and Little Italy. The kids in Chinatown loved making kites with Mr. Chin and he always scared pigeons with his kites and that's when the kids from Little Italy would throw rocks at the kites and destroy them, which made the Chinese very upset that they confronted the Italian kids. It turned out that the pigeons were there pets and that sometimes the kites would scare them away to a point they would not return home. That is when the two groups worked together to decide when they could fly their kite and their pigeons and became friends. ( )

Henry and the Kite Dragon is a fictional story written about true events that took place in Chinatown, New York in the 1920s. The story revolved around a kid named Henry, the neighborhood man Grandfather Chin, and the other kids in the neighborhood, and kids from a "rival" town called Little Italy. These two groups, the Chinese kids and the Italian kids, had never interacted with one another before. They just knew that if one race was on the playground, they didn't go on the playground. Through a little misunderstanding, Henry decides to confront the Italian kids since they had been damaging the Chinese's kids kites with rocks. Come to find out, the Chinese kids maneuvered their kites to chase what they thought were regular pigeons. The pigeons actually were pets to the Italian kids and they were damaging the kites to save their pigeons. After a small conversation, the Italian kids agreed to stop damaging the kites if the Chinese kids stopped scaring the pigeons off. Before the incident occurred, the two groups had never met. After Henry decided to cross the invisible boundary line, they realized they could live in harmony. Although this book was bad on true events, i doubt the feud between the two groups were resolved so easily. The message of the book was really important and can teach students not to judge so quickly without getting to talk to people first. The content of the book was also mature enough for 4th and 5th graders to read but easy enough for younger kids to understand. ( )

Based on a true story a riff was started between the Chinese kids in Chinatown and Tony and his crew in Little Italy. Henry and the the other Chinese kids would help Grandpa Chin build and fly beautiful hand made kites. They would ooh and aww as he swirled them through the sky and chased pigeons until Tony would throw rocks at them and tear them apart. After several encounters like this they finally confront each other. The Chinese kids learning that the birds were Tony and his friends' pets and Tony learning that the kites were handmade. They apologized and worked out a schedule so that the birds and kites can both fly freely. This book introduces the important of communication and being considerate. ( )

Unless one takes a step in the direction of communication and understanding, it is easy to misread one's intentions. When young Henry Chu and his friend help Grandfather Chin construct and fly his beautiful, hand-made kites, drama commences with the neighboring Italians. In Chinatown the largest enjoyment for these children is flying kites and when the Italian boys throw rocks, ruining these kites multiple times, Henry becomes infuriated. Grandfather Chin advises against confrontation and instead seeks help from the other children in Chinatown to create the best kite yet. When more rocks are thrown, the children confront the Italian boys, only to learn a little about their neighbor's culture and their homing pigeons. Henry and the Kite Dragon is a beautiful display of culture in Chinatown and how conflict can arise with misunderstandings among other cultures and their traditions. With guided help from a peaceful Grandfather Chin and the beauty of their animated dragon kite, communication brought about an insight that lead to compromise. In the end, everyone was able to enjoy pieces of of not only their culture, but of their neighbor's as well. ( )