Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Illustrator: YongSheng Xuan
Format: Hardcover
Published: Holiday House, 2003

Ting, Pan, and Kuai wish they could fly so they could easily chase birds away from the harvest. They make themselves wings, but just cannot seem to lift off the ground. Perhaps something else can scare away the pesky birds. Compestine delights with one imaginative tale about how kites may have been invented in ancient China. Xuan's cut-paper illustrations are striking. Additional information about the history of kites and instructions for making a kite are included.