Project Gutenberg 2006-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 75 Butterworth, Hezekiah 1839 1905 Little Sky-High; Or, The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) "Little Sky-High; Or, The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang" by Hezekiah Butterworth is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on the adventures of a young Chinese boy, nicknamed Sky-High (or Washee-Washee-Wang), who is brought to America to be educated in an American household. The book highlights themes of cultural exchange and the relationships between children of different backgrounds, illustrating the importance of kindness and understanding. The narrative unfolds in the home of the Van Buren family, where Sky-High becomes a beloved kitchen boy. Despite facing initial challenges from local children, who mockingly call him names, he quickly wins the affection of Lucy and Charles, the Van Buren children. As the story progresses, Sky-High shares his rich cultural heritage, including mesmerizing tales, traditional customs, and even celebrations like the Fourth of July and Christmas. Ultimately, it is revealed that Sky-High is of noble descent, being the son of a mandarin, which enriches the relationships and mutual respect between him and his American friends. The book concludes with their delightful adventures in China, reinforcing lessons about acceptance, friendship, and the beauty of diversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Chinese -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 145738 144760 2024-10-08T04:01:04.924130 2023-09-08T06:29:03.919276 text/html text/html 142925 2006-01-28T14:48:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 228337 2020-12-13T15:51:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 240056 2024-10-08T04:01:09.587120 application/epub+zip 239682 2024-10-08T04:01:06.090145 application/epub+zip 119657 2024-10-08T04:01:05.604171 application/epub+zip 368265 2024-10-08T04:01:12.181141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346258 2024-10-08T04:01:08.836122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165332 2022-09-08T12:02:49.392395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116338 116137 2024-10-08T04:01:04.482137 2023-09-08T06:29:03.377256 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 115822 2020-12-13T15:51:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 43549 2020-12-13T15:51:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 115829 2020-12-13T15:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43551 2020-12-13T15:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22224 2024-10-08T04:01:12.315115 application/rdf+xml 25679 2024-10-08T04:01:05.686117 image/jpeg 3863 2024-10-08T04:01:05.646111 image/jpeg 228206 2024-10-08T04:01:04.943146 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia