The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression. ”Little Tree" as his grandparents call...
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Huanle Huoban (International Edition) is an adaptation of Singapore’s Chinese Language for Primary Schools instructional material. This series is specifically designed for children learning Chinese as a Second Language. A variety of holistic resources,...
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You’re brand new, and you’re perfect You’re demanding, but you’re worth it. Loving, uplifting, and hilariously honest, You’re Loved is a celebration of the milestones of childhood and a tribute to the parents and caregivers...
The Sinolingua Reading Tree series is a compilation of graded Chinese storybooks and is tailored for kindergarten aged children, primary and secondary school students who are native English speakers as well as Chinese-English bilingual learners in international...
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The Sinolingua Reading Tree series is a collection of Chinese levelled readers aimed at kindergarten through secondary school-aged students who are native English speakers or who are studying at Chinese-English bilingual international schools. This series is divided...
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The stars belong in the deep night sky, and the moon belongs there too, and the winds belong in each place they blow by, and I belong here with you. So begins this classic bedtime book, richly illustrated by award-winning artist Isabelle Arsenault. The pages journey...
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Learning Tree series is a collection of Chinese textbooks aimed at kindergarten through secondary school-aged students who are native English speakers or who are studying at Chinese-English bilingual international schools. This series is divided into 13 levels,...
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Hanyu Pinyin 1+1 provides supplementary pinyin practice for primary one pupils and is designed to complement the new Primary 1 Chinese textbook (Huanle Huoban) developed by MOE, Singapore. With Hanyu Pinyin 1+1, students practise the correct method of...
The book provides a useful and resourceful collection of instructional activities for Chinese language teachers in secondary and post-secondary settings. You can simply take and use whatever suitable for your students at different proficiency levels to...
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Written for non-native Chinese learners of grades 1-6, the book series adopts a theme-based, exploration approach to teaching, aimed at creating a relaxing learning environment to develop critical thinking while learning about Chinese culture. Based on the IB...
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The series is categorised into 3 grades: Red Caterpillar, Blue Caterpillar and Green Caterpillar, with 4 readers for each grade. The words selected for the story and the layout of the story progressively deepens and changes accordingly to children’s language...
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“iSuper 中文小博士”, as a Chinese language series of science textbooks, is modeled after the FOSS (Full Option Science System) ① science instructional resources—the most widely used science materials in...
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Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orphan, and there’s no great...
Fun and effective, this excellent textbook series adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The task-based program, designed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy for Kids, is based...
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In accordance with updated requirements from the HSK Outline, Youth Chinese Test (YCT) Outline and the UK GCSE, the second edition of Kuaile Hanyu contains enriched content and increased vocabulary requirements. This new edition also has adopted...
These attractive books open with brief introductions to each culture and its technological background, followed by spreads that discuss how it developed or adopted technology that improved farming, architecture, transportation, communications, science and medicine,...
Stories engage the minds and instill in children interest in learning Chinese. The stories cover eight common themes for preschoolers: self, fruits, culture, career, animals, food, transport and nature. Each theme is used throughout all three levels to reinforce...
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“Chinese Made Easy for kids” adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language. It is designed for primary school students who start to learn Chinese as total beginners. This series “Chinese Made Easy for kids” (Book 1 to...
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Using exciting phrases appropriately will make a piece of writing more interesting to read. However, choosing the right phrase to use might not always be an easy task. The thematic approach adopted by this book helps students select with ease the most appropriate...
Idioms play a very important part in the Chinese language and they certainly make a piece of writing more interesting to read. Choosing the right idiom to use might not always be an easy task. The thematic approach adopted by this book helps students select with ease...
In 1841 a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan’s borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the...
This series is the revised edition of Chinese Language for Primary Schools and it includes this textbook, an activity book, a exercise book, flash cards and more. It is a series of books covering six levels of the core curriculum programme for primary...
This series includes a textbook, an activity book, writing exercise book, character cards and digital resources. It is a series of books covering six levels of the core curriculum programme for primary schools. It has been developed to help pupils learn the...
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Unconditional kindness is the key in this National Book Award Finalist from the author of The Wainscott Weasel about nontraditional families, adoption, love—and a little peace and quiet. Margaret is a mean, cranky human toddler from a family of nine. She is...
Based on the content of the textbooks for the revised Chinese Language for Primary Schools program, these workbooks are filled with learning activities which support Chinese language development.This of books covers six levels of the core curriculum program for...
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Chinese Folk Tales are a special tradition of China. Folk tales from centuries ago are still adopted in modern films and animations, which find contemporary twists to excite audiences once again. Not only is it the Journey to West that has been adopted countless...
你我他 (Ni Wo Ta) is a complete first-year program that makes learning Chinese easier through an engaging video program, robust multimedia integration, proven pedagogy, and comprehensive cultural coverage.This textbook is designed with the national...
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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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This series of six stories are based on different perspective, each involving a situation that develops a child's resilience. Examples include, but are not limited to: a child experiencing a new thing or adopting to a new environment. This series will help...
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Wish You Happy Forever: What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains chronicles Half the Sky founder Jenny Bowen's personal and professional journey to transform Chinese orphanages—and the lives of the neglected girls who live in them—from a state of quiet...
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This series is a classic, and a must have for every child's library. Every book in the Franklin series captivates children in a fun and delightful way. Franklin is a character that children can relate to; and the situations he ends up in are situations they...
Chinese culture is rich and profound. With simple strokes and in layman's terms, the author lays out the history of the Chinese culture and its developmental context. Chinese Culture is first published in 1998. It has since been widely adopted as teaching and...
Long long ago, an old magic stone suddenly cracked open after lying in the sunlight and moonlight for thousands of years. From the shell of the stone, a little Monkey was born. Adopted by the Monkey King in the mountain, Little Monkey was very naughty and playful....
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Because a snake would lose it, a billy goat would eat it for lunch, and it would always be wet on a walrus! This well-loved book by Judi and Ron Barrett shows the very youngest why animals' clothing is perfect...just as it is. Pictures of animals wearing clothes...
The MeiZhou Chinese series is suitable for students of learning Chinese for 2-4 hours a week. The focuses of the textbooks include phonetics, vocabulary, situation-oriented communications and human sciences. The applicable standards adopted for compilation...
The MeiZhou Chinese seires is suitable for students of learning Chinese for 2-4 hours a week. The focuses of the textbooks include phonetics, vocabulary, situation-oriented communications and human sciences. The applicable standards adopted for compilation...
In this sweet rhyming picture book, a mother prepares her daughter for bed by telling her about the different animals that live nearby and their nighttime activities. The mother’s narrative comes full circle from night to dawn, and the little girl is lulled to...
Knocked from her mother’s safe embrace by an attacking owl, Stellaluna lands headfirst in a bird’s nest. This adorable baby fruit bat’s world is literally turned upside down when she is adopted by the occupants of the nest and adapts to their...
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The 12-volumed Mei Zhou Chinese is suitable for students of Grades 1-12 learning Chinese for 2-4 hours a week. The focuses of the textbooks include phonetics, vocabulary, situation-oriented communications and human sciences. The applicable standards adopted for...
Primary Chinese Graded Writing Series adopts a comprehensive teaching approach, systematically explains the basic methods of literary composition, emphasise on their application in writing and provides extensive exercises designed to help children write with ease,...
These are the companion workbooks for the Easy Steps to Chinese for Kids series. Chinese Made Easy for Kids adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language. It is designed for primary school students who start to learn Chinese as total...
Easy Steps to Chinese for Kids is a series of Chinese textbooks specifically designed for kids from non-Chinese backgrounds. It covers four levels, each of which is made up of two volumes: a and b (each with a CD). This series has four characters in it, namely Ding...
My First Comic Book of the Chinese Culture Series adopt the favourite form of children, using the way of image memory, accompanied by folk-related text and image and abandoned the traditional rote learning, to let children feel interested in all-round understanding...
Designed as companion workbooks to the 12-volumed Mei Zhou Chinese textbook, this series is suitable for students of Grades 1-12 learning Chinese for 2-4 hours a week. The focuses of the textbooks include phonetics, vocabulary, situation-oriented communications and...
Now this popular textbook series available in Spanish. This series adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The task-based program, designed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy for Kids, is based on...
Fun and effective, this excellent textbook series adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The task-based program, designed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy for Kids, is based on feedback and...
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Da Xue 大学 (The Great Learning) and Zhong Yong 中庸 (The Doctrine of the Mean) were originally in Li Ji 礼记 (The Record of Rites). It was Zhu Xi 朱熹 the famous Song dynasty compiler and commentator who had taken both...
A new revolutionary kit for teaching and learning Chinese and pther 45 languages! This large poster set includes 36 posters. Colorful pictures illustrate each word so that you can hear the sounds, syllables, words, and sentences of language, culture and...
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These beautifully carved wooden greeting child wall hangings symbolize good luck and fortune. The greeting child boy and girl is a traditional Chinese New Year decoration. And, this pair is an exquisite example of Chinese handicraft. The little boy holds a scroll with the Chinese characters "Xin Xiang Shi Cheng" -- May All Your...
Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she...
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Fun and effective, this excellent textbook series adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. This program, developed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy for Kids, is based on feedback and helpful...
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In this warm, funny, and wise new book, NPR’s award-winning and beloved Scott Simon tells the story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers from the other side of the world. It’s a book of unforgettable moments: when Scott and Caroline get...
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Reading is an important method of learning. Variety Thinking Magic Window Series adopted innovative methods to make reading more interesting. It helps to cultivate the child's creativity and imagination.This series consists of six books, it includes...
Everyday Chinese Series includes three parts: Pinyin, Chinese Characters, and Exercises. Each part contains two volumes. The series is mainly designed for preschool students. It can be used as supplementary learning materials, but...
After losing her infant daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens The Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal...
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Basic Spoken Chinese:This is a beginning-level course in spoken Chinese that employs a revolutionary new method designed to have you quickly speaking and comprehending Mandarin Chinese. Along with its sister book Basic Written Chinese and their accompanying...
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DAN GREENBURG is the creator of the enormously popular Zack Files series of middle grade novels as well as the author of a number of bestselling adult books, the most well-known of which is How to Be a Jewish Mother. SCOTT M. FISCHER has illustrated many book jackets...
This novel interweaves animal fantasy and family story with a retelling of the English folktale Dick Whittington and His Cat. A battered tomcat named Whittington arrives one late-fall day at a New England barn, where he gradually befriends the equally ragtag group of...
Thirteen-year-old Sophie, skipping between "dreamland or earthland or muleland," hears the sea calling her. Much to the concern of her adopted parents, she decides to join her uncles and male cousins on a sailing voyage from Connecticut across the Atlantic...
Inspired by a little-known chapter of American history, this characteristically incisive collaboration from Bunting and Himler (Someday a Tree, see p. 90; Fly Away Home) imagines a journey on one of the many "Orphan Trains" that, between the mid-1850s and...
Because of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends among the somewhat unusual residents of her new hometown, Naomi, Florida. Because of...
What, exactly, do wombats do all day? One enterprising wombat answers that question and a few others in a diary form in French's (No Such Thing) tongue-in-cheek picture book. After explaining his unique Australian heritage, the star of this volume paints a funny, if...
Zack is a normal 10-year-old boy with a knack for getting into weird situations such as adopting a talking cat, shrinking into the size of an ant, being able to talk to dolphins, finding Elvis in a turnip and much more. The books are short without looking babyish and...
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Pieces of Me, Who do I Want to Be? is a collection of stories, poems, art, music, quotes, activities, provocative questions, and more – all for the young adopted person who wants to figure out his or her story but doesn’t know where to begin. It is a book of voices,...
Every year, hundreds of adoptive families embark on homeland trips to China and other countries. Homeland trips offer great opportunities for helping adopted children develop a coherent narrative that makes sense of their complicated beginnings. Although the trip can...
Dress up your scrapbook or adoption album with these Chinese dragon rub-ons, also ideal for stamping, card making, and other artistic projects.
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These Chinese New Year decorations are designed with an embroidered greeting children motif. The chubby child cherubs are wearing rabbit hats with the Chinese character "Tu" -- Rabbit on the top. Each child is handmade of colorful satin fabric and decorated with fanciful designs of the Chinese character "Fu" -- Good Luck. The Year of...
This series provides a wealth of reading materials for elementary school students. There are six volumes in this series and each volume includes 20 books. The structure of the reading material is from easy to intermediate. The reading materials include fables, fairy...
As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China.
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This series includes a textbook, an activity book, a teacher's book, picture books, flash cards, character cards and digital resources. It is a series of books covering six levels of the core curriculum programmer for primary schools. It has been developed...
During the 10 years from B.C. 230 to B.C.221, the Qin Dynasty eliminated six rivals one by one and finally achieved China's political unity. Qin Shihuang set up a large unified kingdom based on agriculture, adopting a centralized system with the emperor as the...
The underlying premises of this textbook series are "short, compatible and express." “Short" means that the texts are short, with clear explanations of grammar points, making the books suitable for short-term Chinese language teaching. "Compatible" indicates the...
Meeting in China – Practical Chinese Reading and Writing aims at developing the beginning learners'reading and writing competence in Chinese. The reading skills consist of learning to read Chinese characters, words and phrases, sentences and paragraphs. The part of...
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Sing and Learn Chinese is designed for young learners from non Chinese-speaking families. The goal of the series is to encourage learner's interest in learning Chinese and Chinese culture through engaging classroom activities. Through the development of communication...
This book contains 87 interviews reflecting a wide range of personal experiences between 1991 and 2008. The interviewees come from different occupations and different places. They include a jazz player in Heilongjiang Province, a rock-and-roll drummer in Tibet, an...
Modern Chinese Beginner’s Course – Extensive Reading</EM> adopts the task-based teaching methodology to stimulate the learners’ autonomous learning. Through the analysis of typical language materials, it helps to deepen the learners’ understanding of Chinese,...
Fun and effective, this excellent Easy Steps to Chinese textbook (German Edition) adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The task-based program, designed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy...
Fun and effective, this excellent Easy Steps to Chinese textbook (German Edition) adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The task-based program, designed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made...
Fun and effective, this excellent Easy Steps to Chinese textbook (French Edition) adopts an exciting new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The task-based program, designed by the authors of the popular Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made...
Chinese Crash Course is a series of multi-media Chinese learning materials intended for Chinese beginners whose native language is English. It emphasizes "speeded-up mastery" and "practicality". Different from the traditional classroom teaching, it aims at helping the learners reach the intermediate level within a short period of time...
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One little girl can change your life forever. In The Little Girl, a Chinese bachelor adopts an abandoned baby. He raises her, enjoying the joys and trials of fatherhood. As the girl comes of age, the father realizes that he can't take care of his daughter forever, so...
Dress up your scrapbook or adoption album with these Chinese tree rub-ons, also ideal for stamping, card making, and other artistic projects.
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A testament to the more than 100,000 Korean adoptees who have come to the United States since the 1950s, this collection of oral histories features the stories of nine Korean Americans who were adopted as children and the struggles they’ve shared as foreigners in...
A New Chinese Course is a series of Chinese textbooks designed for beginning learners of Chinese language. Altogether there are four volumes, each of which includes one textbook and one workbook. Adopting the principle of progressive learning, it starts from Chinese...
When Hua Wu arrives in New York City, her life seems destined to resemble that of countless immigrants before her. She spends her hectic days in a restaurant in Chinatown, and her lonesome nights in a noisy, crowded tenement, yearning for those she left behind. But...
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The volume 1 of Business Chinese Conversation (Elementary) is meant to teach students not only the daily and necessary vocabulary of everyday situations, but also daily business routines such as buying, selling, bargaining, commercial services, public relations,...
Perfect for business and armchair travelers alike, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country. In one hundred brief, reader-friendly chapters, alphabetized by subject,...
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For adopted children, learning about their beginnings and how they understand what that means to them is a process. It doesn't happen at one point in time, but rather throughout the experiences of life. This heartwarming children's book, Forever Fingerprints, uses a...
Easy Steps to Chinese adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a foreign language. It is designed for secondary school students who are taking Chinese exams, such as GCSE/IGCSE/AS (U.K.), SAT II/AP (U.S.A.), IB Chinese Language B Standard Level, or for those...
Chinese Made Easy for Kids adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language. It is designed for primary school students who start learning Chinese as total beginners. This series, Chinese Made Easy for Kids, is the foundation course accompanying...
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The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is learning to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to overcome this initial difficulty and...
Add Asian flair to your scrapbook or adoption memory album with these beautiful China Journey rub-ons. You can also use the rub-ons in your stamping, card making, crafts and other artistic projects. Apply them to glass, fabric, photographs, ribbon, wood and metal. The ancient and powerful symbols come from a magnificent land...
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Aching to expand from a couple to a family, Jeff Gammage and his wife, Christine, embarked upon a journey that would carry them across a shifting landscape of emotion—excitement, exhilaration, fear, apprehension—and through miles of red tape and bureaucratic...
In I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, Rose Lewis and Jane Dyer told the heartfelt story of one woman's adoption a baby girl from China. These sentiments are brought to life again in this touching portrait of birthday celebrations and unforgettable moments between a mother...
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From struggling with the issues of race and identity as she raises two children adopted from China to taking her daughters to the mall for their first manicures, Jeanne Marie captures those magic moments that make motherhood the most important and rewarding job in...
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Russell was asked by a friend, Alex, to accompany her to China to help her pick up the baby she and her husband were adopting. While parents usually make the trip together, Alex's husband had to stay home to care for another child. Russell didn't know Alex all that...
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Through compelling essays, fiction, poetry, and art, the contributors to this landmark publication carefully explore this most intimate aspect of globalization. Finally, in the unmediated voices of the adults who have matured within it, we find a rarely-considered...
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In this poignant and heartfelt book, a young boy anticipates the arrival of his new baby sister. She is coming from China to be adopted into his American family. The story describes, month by month, the boy's participation in the long adoption process. Finally the...
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the Cultural Revolution and the 30th of its beginning, Feng conducted extensive interviews with 100 people who lived through that harrowing decade. In 1986, when he placed ads in Chinese newspapers calling for...
The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. This book adopts a structural approach that helps students overcome this initial difficulty, and quickly master the basic...
When Shu-li is born, her parents wrap her in a blanket and take her to town. The government says that a family is allowed to have only one child. So they lay Shu-li on the ground beneath a bridge. On her blanket they pin a note that reads THIS IS OUR SHU-LI. PLEASE...
These lovely red thread bracelets are interwoven with a faux jade bead of zodiac animals. The Red Thread bracelet represents Chinese folklore, which tells about the connection of familiy members. The Chinese say that there are invisible red threads that connect a newborn child's spirit to all of the people that will be important...
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Finally, a comprehensive parenting book for adoptive families! Over 100 contributors from across the globe have come together to weave a stunning tapestry of advice specifically for adoptive parents. Parenting adopted children is parenting plus-- there's an extra...
This red thread bracelet is designed with pretty circular pieces of jade. The Red Thread bracelet represents Chinese folklore, which tells about the connection of familiy members. The Chinese say that there are invisible red threads that connect a newborn child's spirit to all of the people that will be important in her/his...
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This adorable teddy bear will become a childhood favorite. Simply designed, this special teddy bear is handmade in China. The soft body is covered with colorful peony cotton fabric in bright red or green colors. A great gift for every child and a lovely baby shower gift for Chinese adoptive families.
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The Families With Children From China (FCC) special edition of "Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America" is a revised version of Adam Pertman's groundbreaking book, with new essays and updated information on key issues. The updated...
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A Chinese willow tree pattern book caught her eyes. She bought it and made an announcement that surprised everyone: a daughter was waiting for her in China. Bonnie Ward was pursuing her dream of becoming a mother and at the same time finishing an unfinished...
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The Chinese believe an unseen red thread joins those in this life who are destined to connect. For photographer Richard Bowen, that thread led him to China's state-run welfare institutions, where there are thousands of children, primarily girls, growing up without...
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These lovely red thread bracelets are interwoven with a faux jade bead of a little dog. The Red Thread bracelet represents Chinese folklore, which tells about the connection of familiy members. The Chinese say that there are invisible red threads that connect a newborn child's spirit to all of the people that will be important...
Milly Kaufman is an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont--until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted...
These elegant cushion covers feature embroidered Chinese character of "Xi - Double Happiness", a traditional wish used to start newlyweds off on the right foot. It is also used in adoption circles to express the joy of becoming a forever family. An unique idea for a wedding or adoption gift or get one for yourself as a simple...
A lovely and thoughtful gift to anyone who has adopted or is considering this choice for their family. Adoption is Another Word for Love contains entries from a diverse array of people, who express with great sentimentality how deeply love can be felt and how love is...
Shaoey & Dot: Bug Meets Bundle is an endearing tale told from the point of view of one little ladybug, Dot, who happens upon a mysterious bundle one sunny day. Dot stays with the little bundle as she is carried to the place where babies come to be found and...
Emma Li Ming, who was born in China, is happily ensconced in her new home in North America. But as she and her brother make cookies to resemble their family, she is dismayed that hers is the only one decorated with raisins and black licorice for eyes and hair, in...
This story of an American family's adoption of a Chinese toddler is storytelling at its finest. The narration in two voices begins as the mother shares a scrapbook she compiled with Claire. Big brother Conor reveals his thoughts through journal entries printed in...
Parents who adopt children internationally have to grab for a firm handhold on a swinging pendulum of child raising advice. Should they act as if they are colorblind or bolster their child's racial identity? Should they help their child assimilate to the...
A baby girl is relinquished by her birth parents in China; she is adopted by an unmarried woman in the United States. What then? This documentary takes an intimate look at how four mother-daughter pairs create and weave together culture, heritage, and...
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National Geographic Ultimate Explorer host Lisa Ling travels to China to join American families as they greet their new Chinese daughters and examines the complex issues surrounding the country's one-child policy. In the film, Ling examines the consequences...
What is life like... in China? Narrated in both English and Chinese (with subtitles) , "One Day in Ping Wei" follows a young Chinese girl as she goes through an average day. From home to school, interaction with parents and friends, chores and homework, all is...
These lovely red thread bracelets are interwoven with the faux jade beads. The Red Thread bracelet represents Chinese folklore, which tells about the connection of familiy members. The Chinese say that there are invisible red threads that connect a newborn child's spirit to all of the people that will be important in her/his...
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Ladybugs are said to be good luck in the adoption community. Whenever you see a ladybug, referrals can't be far behind. Wear your own good luck ladybug every day in the form of these delightful cloisonné earrings.
You're not my REAL Mother! - the words that all adoptive moms dread but most must face. This poignant book tells the story of how one mother deals with this statement of anger and frustration, while reinforcing the love that she and her adopted daughter share....
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Fourteen-year-old Jess is only just coming to terms with her father's death in a car accident. Until now, she believed that her mother put aside the family's plan to adopt a daughter from China. But a year has passed, Xiao Ting is ready to be picked up from her...
This is a story about a little girl who needed a mommy and a woman who needed them both. It is a journey about the forming of a family. It is as lyrical as a love letter from a mother to her daughter, as honest as the struggles they encounter, and as comforting as a...
Send your heartfelt wishes to the new adoptive parent in a way that will make them understand that you truly appreciate the depth of the love that they have for their new arrival. This beautiful card is designed with the adorable illustration from Rose Lewis's New York Times' Best Selling book "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes''....
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Some families look alike, some don't. Some families are formed through birth, and some families are formed by adoption. But as the little girl in this heartwarming book makes clear, being a family isn't about who you look like or where you were born - it's about the...
This touching video tells a story of a woman who is resolved to reunite with her daughter. Rhode Island native Meredith Bishop was forced to leave her daughter in China, when doctors suspected she had little chance of survival. When news of her daughter still alive...
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A must-have video for Chinese adoptive families. The number of Chinese-born children adopted by American families has grown considerably in the last decade. Each adoption is a unique story of parents and children as their fates intertwine. Each adoption is also a...
Adoptive parents hold in their hearts precious bits of information about the earliest days, months, or years of their children's lives, before they joined their families. Parents understand this information is invaluable to their children, yet they wonder how...
In this first view of China adoption from a child's perspective, eight-year-old Ying Ying Fry returns to her orphanage to remember what it is like and to write a story so that other adopted children will understand where they came from. Kids Like Me in China combines...
All Emily Prager had at first was a blurred photograph of a baby, but it would be her baby - if she journeyed to China to pick her up. Emily brought back to America the baby chosen for her. She was named Lulu, and Emily was determined to honor Lulu's heritage by...
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This is a complete guide to understanding the dilemmas faced by adopted children in the school setting. It offers insights into the experiences of young people who are faced with assignments, activities and occasions which make participation difficult or painful...
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Mary Zisk draws on her own experience as a single parent of an adopted daughter in this first-person narrative. Her vibrant paintings reflect the joy and happiness shared by this mother and daughter.
This book, by author Rose Lewis, is a New York Time's Best-Selling Children's Book. Based on the author's own experience, this heartfelt story follows a woman on her journey to adopt a baby girl from China. From paperworks to the plane flight, the narrative...
An invaluable resource for any family who has adopted or is planning to adopt from China, A Passage to the Heart gathers together more than one hundred articles published over the past few years in the regional newsletters of the leading Chinese-adoption support...
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Decorated in floral patterns and colored in lush, velvety hues, the thickly stroked, realistic artwork expands on the text while heightening the emotions it conveys. Elizabeth's misgivings are met head-on by her adoptive mother's reassurance, love, and thoughtful...
Much has been written about China's contemporary art scene, but little attention has been paid to the complicated ways in which the Chinese and Western art traditions have influenced each other. Featuring many stunning reproductions of original artworks, this...
In a land far away, little babies sleep ever so soundly. But not Little Miss Ladybug. She is fluttering with great excitement, as she follows her Magical Red Thread through an open window to a world apart, where a mommy and daddy are busy preparing a room for one of...
One of the best Chinese language textbooks for young students, Chinese Made Easy adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second language. It is designed for young students taking SAT II Chinese Test (US), GCSE/IGSE Mandarin Chinese Exams (UK), and Australian...
In China, the moon shines on four baby girls, fast asleep in an orphanage. Far away in North America, the sun rises over four homes as the people who live there get ready to start a long, exciting journey. This lovely story of people who travel to China to be united...
Any adoptive parent will appreciate the sentiments of this lovely photo frame mat that showcases your little one inside a heart-shaped opening. Next to the heart are the Chinese characters for, ''Born in my heart.'' The ''Born in Our Hearts'' option is also available. The outer dimensions of the mat are 8" x 10"; the opening will frame...
SPECIAL: 19.95 9.97
Many adult adoptees have gone through life wanting to ask questions about their birthparents, but felt the thoughts they have might make their parents uncomfortable. Then, these questions have remained unasked and unanswered. We See the Moon opens the adoption dialog...
Have you been procrastinating about making a lifebook for your adopted child? Well, this book will help you start moving in the right direction. It contains instructions and advice on how to create a lifebook that catalogs the circumstances of an adopted child's...
The Waiting Child, by Cindy Champnella is an inspiring true story about her adoptive daughter who convinces her family to return to China to rescue a little boy she could not forget. The Champnella’s went to China in 1998 to adopt a 4-year-old girl, in spite of all...
A family's particular origin is only the start of what being "a family" means. In this heartwarming tale of family love and beginnings, Rain meets Bo and her new "forever" Mom and they become a brand new family. There are many kinds of families, but all families are...
Colloquial Chinese will help you learn Mandarin, the national language of China, as it is used everyday. You need no previous knowledge of the language. This is an ideal course whether you are learning on your own or with a teacher. The book is divided into 17...
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Now you and your child can enjoy this beautiful book and its wonderful, best-selling story in a sturdy board book format that's better suited to the less-than-three-year-old set! To learn more about how I Love You Like Crazy Cakes was born, read Lewis' article for...
Every adoptee has a unique life history and story waiting to be told in his or her own voice. At Home in This World captures the thoughts and emotions of a nine-year-old girl with honesty and eloquence as she reflects on her adoption from China. Author and adoption...
Written by adoptive mom, Carrie Kitze, this beautifully illustrated and uplifting book will help to create the intimate parent/caregiver and child bond that is so important. For the child who looks different from their parents for what ever reason - foster care,...
"In this highly illuminating and deeply moving book, Kay Johnson provides an intimate portrait of the complex processes by which, over the past decade, thousands of little Chinese girls have made their way from orphanages in China into adoptive homes overseas. It is...
These unique greeting cards are covered with lots of smiling babies and happy children, in 8 different designs. (The Chinese characters on the baby card say "Lovely baby!") While they are great for all occasions, they are certainly exceptionally suited for birth or adoption announcements, or for welcoming a friend's new baby. 8 blank...
SPECIAL: 22.95 6.88
A must see for anyone considering international adoption. In "Adopting From China," former TV News Reporter Rebecca Coates Nee takes you on her personal adoption journey. She shows you everything you need to know about this complex process, from choosing an agency to...
An award winning documentary film, directed and written by Karin Lee, "Made in China" looks at adopted children from China by families in Canada. The children, age 5 - 13, are predominantly girls and are disarmingly frank and poignantly insightful as they tell their...
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Based on Rose Lewis' arduous but rewarding trip to China to adopt a baby girl, this narration is the heartwarming story of a mother's love and a baby's smile as they become each other's family. A great complementary musical score makes this a very special experience and a perfect compliment to the "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes" book and...
SPECIAL: 7.95 3.98
Based on Rose Lewis' arduous but rewarding trip to China to adopt a baby girl, this is the heartwarming story of a mother's love and a baby's smile as they become each other's family. Charming watercolors and a complementary musical score make this a very special...
SPECIAL: 19.95 15.96
Attending a baby shower for a friend or relative who is adopting from China or giving a gift to a special friend? These beautiful Gift Enclosures feature the adorable illustration from Rose Lewis's New York Times Best Selling book "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes''. This precious illustration has come to represent much more than just being...
SPECIAL: 8.95 4.47
Meet the Singleton sisters, nine year old Emma, ten year old Samiee, and their friend, nine year old Lou Doyon, all adopted from orphanages in China. While the girls celebrate their cultural heritage and begin to explore their own identities, they must also confront...
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