Age: Asia

Materials from Asia

One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In this collection of haiku, a young girl walks through a Japanese garden and discovers many delights, from one leaf to ten stone lanterns. Includes notes about Japanese religion and philosophy.

Other Descriptors: Japan, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed

Lan Shi Tou (The Blue Stone)

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Chinese-language only humorous graphic novel of cartoons about a blue stone.

Other Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Taiwan » Themes: , , » Comments closed

Formosa: A Short Story Of An Island

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This is a book about the time when the Dutch were in Taiwan–not about who won or lost, not about ‘us’ or ‘them,’ just about people living on an island a long time ago.

Other Descriptors: Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Taiwan » Themes: » Comments closed

Fei Hong Shu (Red Tree)

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This beautifully illustrated yet somewhat dark book describes a child’s feelings of depression and despair, yet ends with the discovery that better times await.

Other Descriptors: Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Taiwan » Themes: , » Comments closed

Shi Er Sheng Xiao De Gu Shi

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Written in Chinese. A story of the zodiac, adapted from a Chinese folklore.

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

Little Pear And His Friends

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Six-year-old Little Pear has many adventures with Big Head and his other friends in his village in China.

Other Descriptors: China, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , » Comments closed

The Elephant-Headed God And Other Hindu Tales

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A collection of Hindu myths featuring gods and goddesses, kings and queens, heroes and beggars, angelic beings and demons.

Other Descriptors: Folklore, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , » Comments closed

Costumes

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This book describes traditional dress from different regions of the world and explains how clothing provides clues to people’s customs, the climate they life in, and the materials available to them.

Other Descriptors: Africa, Americas, Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Latin America, Nonfiction, Oceania » Themes: , , » Comments closed

Zen Shorts

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , , , » Comments closed

Around the World

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This book portrays a gritty game of street basketball being played literally around the world, from New York to Australia to China, and elsewhere, and then back to New York.

Other Descriptors: Australia, China, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, United States of America » Themes: , » Comments closed