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Born Naughty: My Childhood in China
Jin Wang, with Tony Johnston
Illustrator: Anisi Baigude
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-5935-6361-8
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Asia, Everyday Life, Calligraphy, Chinese Traditions
Jin fondly recalls her adventures at home and school when she was eight and living in a mud hut in Inner Mongolia in 1982. Ink and pencil illustrations.