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Up, Up and Away! Kites

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Up, Up and Away!
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grade 5
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.8

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		cellular, kite-maker, Rokkaku, tubby, striking, priest, triangular, fortune, phoenix, traveled, lines, tingle, battle, stunt, appear, journey
	content words:		Mo Zi, Marco Polo, One Chinese, Pig General, Long Beach, Pacific Ocean

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Up, Up and Away! By Colleen Messina

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¹     Kites have been around for a long time. The Chinese invented kites nearly 3,000 years ago. One story says that a determined man named Mozi had an idea as he watched a flying bird. He spent three years making the first kite.
 
²     The Chinese perfected the art of creating kites. Kites became part of many Chinese festivals. Pictures of kites were also on vases and in paintings. But kites flew in many places other than China! Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century and brought kites back to Europe with him. Europeans loved them, and the art of kiting took off!
 
³     Many kites have stories behind them. One Chinese novel, Journey to the West, was written around 1400 AD. In the story, a priest traveled with three students. One student was a monkey. A second student was a man with pig ears, called the Pig General. He had a trembling, tubby tummy hanging over his pants, which were stuffed into big black boots. The third student was a former sea monster. These characters often appear on Chinese kites.

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