Bonding via Baby Carriers

The Art & Soul of the Miao & Dong People
Yu-Chiao Liu Lan, Christi Lan Lin, brenda Lin

This is a beautiful book that highlights traditional baby carriers of the Miao and Dong minority people of China. Each baby carrier was carefully designed, sewn, and decorated (either by embroidery and/or beadwork) by a young woman, in hopes of one day carrying her child.

The pictures are superb, and are accompanied by explanations of the symbolism of the designs chosen for the decorations of the baby carriers. The book is in English, Japanese, and Chinese, including poems and essays by the three generations of women in this family that wrote the book.