by Thomas Handforth (Author) Format: Hardcover - CONDITION GOOD EX-LIBRARY BOOK - BOOK SIZE 9 1/8 X 12 - PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY AND CO - COPYRIGHT 1938 - 48 PAGES -After spending an eventful day at the fair held on New Year's Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God.....Mei Li is a Caldecott Medal-winning children's picture book by Thomas Handforth, published in 1938, about a young Chinese girl who attends the New Year's Fair in Peiping (Beijing) with her brother, proving girls can have fun there too. The book is notable for its illustrations, based on Handforth's experiences living in China, and for being one of the first American picture books with an Asian protagonist, making it a milestone for diversity in children's literature