On the slopes of Misty Mountain, a mother panda cuddles her baby. His name is Pi-shu, and when he was born he was no bigger than one of the patches around his mother's eyes. Pi-shu the little panda loves to explore the slopes of the mountain where he lives with his...
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High on a mist-wrapped mountain, a mother panda cradles her newborn, pink and impossibly small. The bamboo patch they need for food is dying, and as soon as her baby is old enough, they must seek a new home, sleeping in trees and swimming across icy streams along the...
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Every day Bamboo the panda, Velvet and Beak sit on their favorite log in the middle of the magical forest. Every day it rains. Will the friends stick together and stay on their log, or will finding places to get out of the rain pull them apart? Beautifully...
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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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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 isn’t over yet....
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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 novelist...
"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. To Michael, he pushes...
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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...
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Tonight, Bamboo the panda, Velvet and Beak are looking at the moon. Bamboo doesn't understand what the moon really is or what is so special about it. Velvet and Beak try to explain the moon to Bamboo - but will he understand? With its unique illustrations and...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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...
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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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 surprises...
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!
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 sneaks through...
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 blue...
Follow Panda on his adventures! Panda books are a great early reading resource and are conveniently sized to carry on all those trips and outings. Adorably shaped and easy to clean, these books make great additions to any children's library. Choose from two great...
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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...
In a den high in the mountains of China, a panda is born. From drinking milk to eating bamboo, the small mammal quickly grows. Follow this black and white animal as he survives his first winter and learns to live on his own.
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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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Based on a beloved 2,000-year-old Chinese classic, this tale, set in the ancient Chinese kingdom of Qi, chronicles a competition between King Qi Wang and Tian Ji, one of his subordinates. More than a simple equestrian story, the narrative explores the relationship...
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 sets Wabi...
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CHINA. Playing, exercising, resting under a lotus tree: the things happening in an ordinary park on an ordinary morning. In early morning, a community is coming to life: children are playing, an artist is painting, people are exercising and...
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 the...
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,...
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...
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...
Mei-Mei and Di-Di are head-over-heels in love with their new doves. Like devoted parents, the siblings tenderly nurture Butterfly and Squeaky as they grow from chicks to fledglings to birds. But when Mei-Mei and Di-Di arrive home to find that the doves have...
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What do you do when you're the new girl at school? If you're Lissy, you make a friend. A paper friend. And to Lissy's surprise, her little origami bird opens his eyes and says hello! So she quickly makes more friends. And soon Lissy has more friends than she can...
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The Spirit of the Silk Road is your guide as you journey through this book from Chang-an to Samarkand, following one of the arterial caravan routes of the silk traders. As you travel across treacherous deserts and through lonely mountain passes, you will learn about...
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The Jade Emperor is concerned because his country does not have a calendar, and no one can tell one year from the next. He decides to hold a race across a great river, and the order in which the animals finish will determine the order of the years. The event is...
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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...
What's your favorite season? Follow Ki-ki, Owen, Lily, and Kevin through the year as they explore the four seasons. Cheerful haiku accompany season-related questions and answers about weather, the natural world, and the human body. Find out why we have seasons and...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
In Hong Kong, there is a floating restaurant that a mouse calls home. One New Year's night, after it has closed, a wooden dragon that is coiled around one of the large pillars in the entrance tells him of his wish to fly, but that only Old Fu, the carver, knows how...
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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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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 aunt. Look...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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 richly...
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Hannah is my name in this new country. It doesn't sound at all like my Chinese name, Na-Li, which means beautiful. It's a long way from Taiwan to San Francisco, but Hannah's family has made the journey because they want to make America their home. Here in America,...
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...
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...
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 earns delicious. On a...
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...
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 sparrows'...
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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 garden...
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 it's a good...
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...
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...
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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On a beautiful autumn day, Xiao Ming and his friends take a trip to a farm. Xiao Ming can't wait to show everyone the new Chinese characters he has learned, and his friends are just as excited to see them. Children will be delighted to follow along as Xiao Ming...
Xiao Ming learns pictograph of Chinese characters with his mother in the snow, which provides the perfect backdrop to learn these logical symbols. This book creates a lively atmosphere for this memorable lesson in Chinese writing. Beautifully illustrated, including a...
Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English. This picture book by Mike Dickinson is as enjoyable, as it is educational. Vocabulary words and multiple forms of verbs are highlighted on each page, while their pronunciations and Chinese translations are presented in the...
Rain and her friends learn about the fun and unique ways in which cultures from all over the world celebrate new teeth. In other countries, the tooth fairy may be anything from a moon to a sparrow and teeth may be put in a mouse hole or be thrown above the roof of a...
Jimmy has been a best-selling author and illustrator in Taiwan and Hong Kong for many years. His charming books mix adult issues with whimsical children's illustrations. Told in poetry format, his subjects include beliefs, imagination, relationships, and more....
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Jimmy has been a best-selling author and illustrator in Taiwan and Hong Kong for many years. His charming books mix adult issues with whimsical children's illustrations. Told inpoetry format, his subjects include beliefs, imagination, relationships, and more. Jimmy's...
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...
Shu-Li, whose Chinese family immigrated to Canada, is thrilled when she finally makes a good friend: Tamara, who is in her fourth-grade class. When Joey, another classmate, spreads a rumor that Tamara has stolen money and the tale reaches Shu-Li’s father’s ears, he...
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Some things in the world you were born with. Things like your last name, your gender and your zodiac sign. In this bilingual (Chinese/English) book, the main character does not like the fact that he was born in the Year of the Pig. He thinks pigs are fat, lazy and...
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