Grandma Panda is a wonderful teacher, a wonderful storyteller—and a wonderful cook! Her grandchildren Baobao and Lingling love staying with her every summer, because at Grandma Panda's house each day is an adventure. This summer, with the help of celebrated...
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Mei-Mei is Chinese—but not Mom and Dad! When she was a baby, Mom and Dad flew all the way to the other side of the world to adopt her and bring her home. Lucky for Mei-Mei, her parents want her to know all about her roots in China's wonderful culture....
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Ruby is unlike most little girls in old China. Instead of aspiring to get married, Ruby is determined to attend university when she grows up, just like the boys in her family. Based upon the inspirational story of the author's grandmother and accompanied by...
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The creators of the children's classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" team up again in this special book about a very important topic - endangered animals. A bald eagle soars, a spider monkey swings, a macaroni penguin struts, and a red wolf...
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Come and join the caravan for an exiciting trip along China's silk road! This ancient trade route has lots of treasures in store, from billowing silk and precious stones to busy markets and rugged landscapes. Complete with informative endnotes about the silk road, as...
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"Such a lonely language. Each letter stands alone and makes its own noise. Not like Chinese." Mei Mei, a bright and articulate immigrant from Hong Kong, is having much difficulty adjusting to the new language and culture at school in New York City. When she hears a...
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Did you know that 85 years before Columbus discovered America, Chinese ships longer than a football field sailed thousands of miles through unknown oceans and visited more than 30 nations? It's true! Adventures of the Treasure Fleet is the amazing story of these...
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My First Book of Chinese Words introduces Chinese language to preschool children in a gentle, playful way. The ABC structure provides a familiar framework that encourages fun and easy learning. The everyday words presented in this book include many that have special...
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Rabbit is eating breakfast with his friends Baby Squirrel, Young Porcupine, and Little Brother Panda when an unexpected visitor arrives. He is a master builder, searching for inspiration to design a great palace for the Emperor of China. Together, Uncle Builder and...
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Using a little bit of fantasy and childlike imagination, Kwon tells the story of a little girl and her cat. The pet may act coy and shy when the child seeks its affection, but when she turns away, the feline begins to follow her and mimics her actions. The elements...
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Xiao Ming enjoys going to the beach, where his mother teaches him how to make Chinese characters by drawing pictures in the sand. This book creates a lively atmosphere for this memorable lesson in Chinese writing. Beautifully illustrated, including a English-Chinese...
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Jenny, who first appeared as an energetic big sister in Henry's First-Moon Birthday (S & S, 2001), is back, participating in her uncle's nuptials. The child loves being his special girl and is having difficulty with the idea of sharing him with a new...
Another beautifully illustrated book from Grace Lin (Check out her popular Ugly Vegetables, Round is Mooncake, and Where on Earth Is My Bagel?.) In English, dim sum means "little hearts," or "touches the heart," but to this young girl, dim sum...
Another beautiful book from Grace Lin (Check out her popular Ugly Vegetables, Round is Mooncakes, and Dim Sum for Everyone). No one knows how the idea of a New York bagel popped into Yum Yung's head -- perhaps it was inspired by a dream, or by listening to...
Now available in paperback as well as hardcover. Author/illustrator Grace Lin recalls such a garden from her childhood, in this charming and eloquent story. The neighbors' gardens look so much prettier and so much more inviting to the young gardener than the...
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Picked on, pecked, and jostled, Daisy the hen is not quite as happy as her Happy Hens market basket might suggest. One evening, fed up with the other pushy hens, Daisy crawls into one of the baskets by the river, and falls asleep. Unaware of the rising river, this...
An outstanding intergenerational tale that captures a slice of life in contemporary China. Mei-Mei and her grandfather get up early, breakfast together, board a bicycle, and travel congested streets to a local park. There they hang the cage of their songbird in a...
Here's another wonderful new book from our favorite author/illustrator Grace Lin. Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded by this ancient and modern pleasure. The wind is blowing and...
Song Nan Zhang traveled from Inner Mongolia east, south, and north to find and paint unusual scenes of Chinese family life. Here are the children who grow up in the saddle with their nomadic parents or become as agile as the mountain goats they tend. A boy plays...
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With the help of her little toy friends, Juliette, an Asian-looking girl, decorates her Christmas tree, bakes cookies, and waits for Santa to arrive. On Christmas morning there's a problem when the toys think they've been forgotten…but don't worry, there's a happy...
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In another beautifully illustrated book, Grace Lin tells the story of seven Chinese sisters who live together and share their special, individual talents to take care of each other. When baby Seventh Sister is snatched by a hungry dragon, her loving sisters race to...
In an impressive debut, Yin illuminates a dark corner of American history: the monumental labor of the thousands of Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad. ''Look, Little Wong, this is the land of opportunity!'' cries Shek to his brother...
Chinatown -- a place of dragons and dreams; fireflies and memories; Chinatown -- full of wonder and magic; fireworks on New Year's Day and a delicious smell on every corner; Chinatown -- where every day brings something familiar and something wondrously new to a...
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With laconic wit and appealing characters, Wahl tells the story of how three pandas set out to explore the world beyond their bamboo forest. They earn money to take the train to the city by playing bamboo flutes on the platform. Once in the city, one takes a job with...
"Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie, he tells a story about the value of material goods....
Big Sister, JieJie, and her little brother, DiDi, see their parents playing Mahjong all the time. It's their favorite family tradition. With Uncle T.T. and Auntie Helen around, the house is always alive with singing and chatting, the aromas of hot tea and good food,...
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Song Nan Zhang, who chronicled his own life in postwar China in two previous books, now illustrates a journal written by his brother. In 1968, Yi Nan Zhang, 18, was sent from Beijing to work on a commune in the vast open grassland steppes of Inner Mongolia, where he...
Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to...
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Eleven-year-old Xiao Mei is on her way to China to meet her extended family. She was initially reluctant to make the trip, wondering if she would be accepted because she is only half Chinese, but her grandmother, Nai Nai, tells stories of family members that pique...
On the 600th anniversary of its virgin voyage, nothing is more celebratory than recalling the legendary life of Zheng He, the commander of that spectacular maritime parade. The authors resurrect the character with their faithful portrayal of Zheng He as a loyal and...
Young children will enjoy learning about Chinese scientific history through these intriguing stories that focus on real life events and people from China. This four volume series is designed to introduce the wonders of ancient China's science and technology to young...
A young narrator takes readers behind the scenes of his family's restaurant, and serves up a surprise in the end at Big Jimmy's Kum Kau Chinese Take Out. Detailed drawings and usage of watercolors depict the food, family and Brooklyn neighborhood with...
This is the rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. One night as he's puffing himself up Nob Hill, he hears a lot of excitement down below: Chinese New year! Suddenly, Charlie takes...
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" is the full name of the first born son in the Chinese family of this story. As the first born, his name must be spoken completely and reverently. This old folktale of what happens when the boy falls into...
In the middle of winter, a little boy's parents are stuck in the snow and cannot get home. To keep him company while he waits, his grandmother cuts a horse out of red paper for him. What follows is a fantastical journey that unexpectedly reunites the boy with his...
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When Ming arrives in San Francisco after the long boat journey from China, his older brothers waste no time warning him: "Chinese should not go outside Chinatown." But Ming risks doing just that, and when he meets Patrick, he knows the young Irish boy has a kind...
Even as a young boy in eleventh-century China, Su Shih was clearly special. After finding a rare inkstone, he began to write stories and verses expressing his love of the natural world. His words flowed effortlessly. His brush danced across the paper. Shih grew up to...
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When Julie takes a kung fu class, she thinks getting a black belt will be easy. But her bold teacher says to guess again! As reality doesn't match her expectations, Julie wonders what her matinee idol Brandy Wu would do? Can Julie take her lessons to heart? Only...
Millions of people flock to zoos when giant pandas are on display, and for good reason. The popular animals - unique to China - are not only cute and amusing, but fascinating, too. Readers will love this book that uses simple text and photographs to...
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Stillwater the Panda's little nephew, Koo, who speaks only in sweet haikus, arrives for a summer visit. The two are joined by a small gang of Stillwater's friends, and soon help out old Miss Whitaker. Though she has a reputation for meanness, Miss Whitaker...
When Minji's mother goes to get her hair done, Minji grabs her dog and aims to create her own version of the beauty salon. One side of the double page spreads shows her mother going through the routine of her choosing, having the hair color applied, waiting under the...
On a windy day, fancy red underpants are blown off a clothesline and onto a rabbit's head. "What's this?" he wonders. "It's a hat!" he declares. "No, that's wrong. It's not a hat." the text notes. A procession of other animals appears across the pages, each trying...
Told by an author who has made a career out of exploring the world and experience of "overseas Chinese," Bamboo is a sensitive, revealing work. Telling a tale of change and acceptance, the book begins in rural turn-of-the-century China when Bamboo, a young farmer,...
Loving Hawaiian family gathers to celebrate the new year with Marisa making mandoo, or dumplings, a traditional holiday feast. Told from the seven-year-old child's breathless point of view, the event is also a tribute to diversity. The Yang family, like much of...
Wabi Sabi, a little cat in Kyoto, Japan, had never thought much about her name until friends visiting from another land asked her owner what it meant. At last, the master says, "That's hard to explain." And that is all she says. This unsatisfying answer...
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A surprise for Chinese New Year. A gift has come for Amy, all the way from China. The package has arrived just in time for Chinese New Year, the most important holiday in the Chinese culture. It's a tradition to spend time with friends and family. Since Amy's aunt...
Paper cut art has decorated Chinese homes for centuries. These delicate picture show the lunar calendar animals in their finest moments. Read the story of the animals' race to Buddha's court. Then delight your child with the monkey's mischievous grin, the horse's...
Introducing two lovable twins in this delightful early reader by award-winning author Grace Lin! Whether they are making dumplings, getting their hair cut, or practicing magic tricks, Ling and Ting stick together. Although they are adorabel identical twins, looks can...
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It's Halloween. The trees are ablaze in fiery reds. Excited children don colorful costumes. And there’s mystery and fun around every corner! When Addy, Michael, and Karl finish trick-or-treating, their bags are brimming with treats. But the fun...
Three little girls spare no mercy to Lon Po Po, the granny wolf, in this version of Little Red Riding Hood where they tempt her up a tree and over a limb, to her death. The girls' frightened eyes are juxtaposed against Lon Po Po's menacing squint and whirling...
Kai-lan, Princess of Friends: The Monkey King has a special mission for Kai-lan: to help the Fox Kingdom and Bear Kingdom get along. The Foxes are bothered by the Bear's dancing and the Bears are bothered by the Fox's singing. With Kai-lan's help, the Fox King and...
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In this lift the flap bedtime book, Kai-lan has good night wishes for each of her friends. She hopes they dream about things that make their hearts feel super happy! For Tolee, it's pandas, for Hoho, it's music and for Kai-lan- it's her friends! This charming tale...
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You make Kai-lan's heart super happy. Find out who else makes Kai-lan's heart super happy in this adorable shaped board book!
Rintoo wants to be the fastest skater at the roller rink—even though he's never skated before! Luckily, he has friends like Kai-lan and Hoho to lend a hand. Fans of Ni Hao, Kai-lan aged 3 to 6 will love this adorable Little Golden Book about the ups and downs of...
Little Laura and the Birthday Surprise is comprised of warm melodious harmonies and charming illustrations. This book is a wonderfully simple way to start learning the language of Mandarin Chinese through songs. Songs serve as a great learning tool for any age. The...
Jin Jin and Rain Wizard is about a little Chinese dragon, named Jin Jin, who loves being able to breathe water—especially during his daily tai chi exercises when he can use his refreshing breath to cool down his friends. But after eating too much rice and...
Julie Black Belt: The Belt of Fire picks up as Julie proudly wears her yellow belt and is eager to attain her next rank: orange! Still inspired by Brandy Wu, an action movie star, Julie now meets a new student in her class...but is he better than her? Can Julie learn...
Everyone agrees that an entertaining celebration needs fireworks. But do you know how they came to be? The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder is the first English children's book on these topics. Dao is an adorable red panda who can travel...
Mulan loves nothing more than her family. She will do anything for them—even if it means joining the army in her ageing father’s place. Since girls are not allowed in the army, Mulan cleverly disguises herself as a man. But she must look deep within...
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