Age: Asia

Materials from Asia

The Treasure Chest

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

A rainbow-colored magic fish helps Laifu protect his bride-to-be from the evil ruler Funtong.

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The Butterfly Boy

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

A boy in long-ago China sees the world around him from a butterfly’s point of view.

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Over the Deep Blue Sea

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Prejudice linked to an event from the past threatens the friendship that Akiko and her brother have made with a boy on their new island home.

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Caravan

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

A ten-year-old boy accompanies his father for the first time on a caravan trip through the mountains of Afghanistan to the city below where they will trade their goods at market.

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The Earth Shook

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Little Parisa-Farsi, left alone after an earthquake demolishes her home of Bam, Iran. She doesn’t despair. She does what any little girl would do. She dances. She laughs. She shares. She reveals our common humanity.    

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Forty Fortune

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

A well-intentioned fortune-telling peasant unwittingly tricks a band of local thieves into returning the king’s stolen treasure.

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Sindbad’s Secret

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship. Sindbad finds refuge on an [...]

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The Revenge of Ishtar

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention of the goddess Ishtar. [...]

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Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Joha finds a magic stick and learns that you don’t always get what you wish for.

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Beautiful Yetta

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Yetta, beautiful Yetta, manages to escape from the butcher’s shop. But now she is lost in Brooklyn–a strange place filled with rude rats and dangerous buses! But then, brave Yetta saves a small green bird from a sneaky cat, and his friends, the wild parrots of Brooklyn, are very grateful.  

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