Region: Asia

Materials from Asia

The Third Gift

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

After harvesting an especially large “tear” of a resin known as myrrh, a young boy and his father visit a spice merchant whose three customers are seeking a special gift to bring to a baby. Includes biblical references and historical information about the Magi and myrrh.

Other Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Israel, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Drawing from Memory

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say’s own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn’t understand his son’s artistic [...]

Other Descriptors: Biography, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Chinese

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

This book focuses on the discoveries and inventions of the ancient Chinese civilization in the areas of transportation, agriculture, architecture, science, and technology.

Other Descriptors: China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Picture Book » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Food of Thailand

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

This book offers students an introduction to the rich and diverse foods found around the world.

Other Descriptors: Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Thailand » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Food of China

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

This book offers students an introduction to the rich and diverse foods found around the world.

Other Descriptors: China, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Crouching Tiger

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

A Chinese-American boy gains a new understanding of his Chinese grandfather in this celebratory story of family, martial arts, and the Chinese New Year.Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practices tai chi in the garden, Vinson asks to learn, hoping it will be like kung fu, [...]

Other Descriptors: China, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Little Mist

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Little Mist is a sweet-faced snow leopard cub who is wide-eyed with wonder at the world before him. Guided and protected by his mother, Little Mist discovers the glistening snow, the mountain streams, and the cloud forests. The world may look big to a little cub, but one day, his mother tells him, he will [...]

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Fox and Phoenix

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

The king of Long City is dying. For Kai Zu, the news means more than it does for most former street rats in the small mountain stronghold, because he and the king’s daughter are close friends. Then the majestic ruler of the ghost dragons orders Kai to travel across the country to the Phoenix Empire, [...]

Other Descriptors: Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Shaolin Tiger

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

The unlikely heroes of the Cockroach Ryu face their greatest danger yet — a warrior seeking revenge against his former teacher, Sensei Ki-Yaga.The White Tiger Temple is under threat. To help the Shaolin monks, Sensei KiYaga and the whole gang of samurai kids— from Niya Moto, the boy with one leg to Taji, the boy [...]

Other Descriptors: China, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

A Girl Named Faithful Plum

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

In 1977, when Zhongmei Lei was eleven years old, she learned that the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy was having open auditions. She’d already taken dance lessons, but everyone said a poor country girl would never get into the academy, especially without any connections in the Communist Party of the 1970s. But Zhongmei, whose name means [...]

Other Descriptors: Biography, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment