Picking Tea with Baba memoir/biography the narrative sparkles with details

the narrative sparkles with details that match its subject’s energy and verve

the primary narrative emphasizes the joy of science for science’s sake

The text is composed of playful rhyming couplets

but not necessarily for Isabella

Picking Tea with Baba memoir/biography the narrative sparkles with detailsBy: Xu Bin Illustrated by: Yu Yin Translated by: Shan Chen Usually Baba goes to the tea garden by himself. It's a special treat to join him. A young boy and his brother travel with their parents up the mountainside to their tea garden for a day of work. They delight in the animals they see, compete to see who can pick the most tea leaves, take a lunch break, and weather an unexpected rainstorm. At the end of the day, they trek back down the mountain