Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Tapa dura - 1973

As a young woman, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis was trained in religious education and English literature, and in 1917 she was sent to China by the Methodist Women's Board. There she studied the Chinese language and history, and held various teaching posts. After she returned to the United States, Mrs. Lewis wrote "Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze," her first book. She is the author of several other books for young readers. Mrs. Lewis died in 1958 at the age of sixty-six.
Ed Young was born and raised in China. At the age of twenty he came to the United States, where he studied at the University of Illinois and at the Art Center College in Los Angeles. Mr. Young has won many honors and awards for his illustrations, including the Caldecott Medal for "Lon Po Po" and Caldecott Honors for "Seven Blind Mice" and "The Emperor and the Kite." He has illustrated many other notable books for children, including "Cat and Rat" and "Birches."