Mother's Day Special Gifts 

Let the special women in your life know how much they mean to you with a gift from ChinaSprout. Visit our Mother's Day page to find an incredible selection of items for Mom. Choose from clothing, jewelry, photo albums, home decor, books, accessories, and more. With so many wonderful gift ideas, you're sure to find a gift to touch the heart of every woman on your list.

Mother's Day Gift Sets

Don't know how to say "thank you" to the special woman in your life? ChinaSprout is here to help! Our staff has worked hard to create original Mother's Day Gift Sets, sure to please all mothers. Choose the set that fits your mom best. Each gift set includes a complimentary card.

Free Mother's Day Gift

As a special Mother's Day gift, we are offering this FREE Silk Butterfly Handbag to customers whose order totals $75 or more. To apply the coupon to your order, add the Silk Butterfly Handbag to your shopping cart. When you arrive on the Shopping Cart page, enter in the coupon code 1146513812 and hit the "Apply Coupon" button. After the coupon is successfully added to your order, you will see the message: "Coupon Applied". Offer good while supplies last. LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER.

Apparel

April showers bring May flowers! Check out ChinaSprout's newest clothing arrivals to find a colorful selection of women's shirts and jackets, as well as adorable children's outfits. These lovely new pieces boast beautiful floral bouquets and unique Chinese brocade designs -- perfect for spring!

• Silk Embroidery Peony Shirt
• Cotton Mandarin Shirt
• Silk Embroidery Flower Blouses
• Peony Flower Mandarin Sleeveless Shirt and Skirt
• Eternity Mandarin Jacket
• Goldfish Baby Pajama

Accessories

Whether looking for a gift or just a little something for yourself, you'll love our newest accessories! This week, we are introducing decorative ornaments and charms, eye-catching scarves, fans, and baseball caps, and a pretty silver bracelet. Plus, we have an adorable tiger purse for the little ones. Too cute!

• Dragon Cap
• Tiger Bag
• Pucca Cell Phone Charm
• Brocade Ornaments
• Dragon and Phoenix Fan
• Happiness Silver Bracelet
• Silk Phoenix Scarf

Special Gifts for Mothers, Grandmas, Aunts

Let everyone know how much she means to you when you present her with one of ChinaSprout's earrings or pendants with the Chinese characters for mother, grandmother, or auntie. Pair them up to create a lovely matched set. For more casual days, slip on a mama or grandmother t-shirt.

• Silver Mother Pendant
• Silver Mother Bracelet
• Silver Aunt Pendant
• Silver Grandmother Pendant
• Silver Grandmother Necklace
• Silver Grandmother Bracelet
• Mama T-Shirt
• Grandmother T-Shirt

Home Decor 

Accent your home or office with a touch of China. Little embellishments, like our pen holders, magnets, or ornaments can have a big impact on a space. If you're looking to be bold, consider adding a colorful Tianjin painting to your wall. And, for our crafty customers, we now have Chinese character embossing templates.

• Porcelain Pen Holder
• Chinese Dress Magnet
• Jade Door Ornament
• Tianjin Folk Painting - Firecracker Vendor
• Dragon Filter Teacup
• Chinese Character Embossing Template

Books

This Mother's Day, curl up with some wonderful texts and storybooks that tell tales of faraway China and teach children about this incredible culture. Or, get a rousing game going with our Chinese-themed playing cards. The colorful and simple picture dictionary is a great learning reference to help you begin a journey into the Chinese language.

• The New Oxford English-Chinese Picture Dictionary
• Magical Tour of China Textbook
• Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding
• We're Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road
• Chopsticks
• Zodiac or Literature Playing Cards

The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “Letha Hadady, one of the nation’s leading experts on natural Chinese remedies, is leading a quiet lady-like revolution to bring herbal medicines from the Far East and elsewhere into everyday use in American homes.” Read the latest on her blog Letha's Health Secrets.

Spring Mushrooms: Get Yours Now

This site has several articles concerning the health benefits of mushrooms, including shiitake and reishi. This is the season when mycologists–mushroom hunters–hit the woods with baskets and bags to collect their favorite gourmet fungi.

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The China Related TV list is compiled weekly by Kirby Bartlett-Sloan. Kirby, an adoptive parent of three Chinese girls, has one of the most comprehensive TV listings of programs on China and from China that are in the English language.

Little Einsteins - Dragon Kite

In China, while searching for kites that are needed in a parade, the kids go into a pagoda, cruise the Yangtze River, visit the famous Himalayan peaks and climb the Great Wall. Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite" is featured, along with art by Zhang Lu, Qiu Ying, Zosan and Cai Jia. Tuesday May 09, 2006 8:00am-8:30am on Disney Channel - Children's Show / Educational

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Chinese Artist Zhou Tiehai Proves the Emperor Is Naked 

NYTimes - SHANGHAI, April 30 — In the early 1990's, when Chinese contemporary art was just beginning to take off, a young painter here named Zhou Tiehai came up with an ambitious plan to make himself famous. He would succeed by beating the art market at its own game, exposing its commercialism while exploiting it to the hilt. He would produce paintings that he hoped would be acclaimed by the same Western collectors and journalists who, in his mind, had advanced the careers of too many mediocre Chinese artists.

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