Ed Young, children's book artist and tai chi teacher, will be having an exhibit of his works in Abiline, Texas, November 11, 2011-January 28, 2012 at the
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. Young, who is about to turn 80, immigrated to the United States as a youth, and studied architecture, before turning to illustration.
In 1964, he happened to meet
Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing, who was visiting the United States. After Cheng decided to stay on, Young became one of his assistants and translators, and became a taiji teacher himself in the New York area.
Young's book Lon Po Po, the Chinese Red Riding Hood story, won the Caldecott Medal, the highest US honor in children's book illustration. Two other books,
The Emperor and the Kite, and
Seven Blind Mice, by Young himself, have won Caldecott Honors. Recent books include
Wabi Sabi (with Mark Reibstein)
, Moon Bear (with Brenda Guiberson),
Hook, and
Tsunami (with Kimiko Kajikawa). His newest book,
The House Baba Built, a picture-book memoir about his boyhood in wartime Shanghai, is meeting with critical acclaim.
For an article about the exhibit, see the
Abiline Recorder.
A video of Young discussing
The House Baba Built can be seen at the
BBC's site.
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