Region: Thailand

Materials from Thailand

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.

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Nowhere Girl

By Book Importer | Published: December 5, 2011

Luchi Ann only knows a few things about herself: she was born in a prison in Thailand. Her American mother was an inmate there. And now that her mother has died, Luchi must leave the only place she’s ever known and set out into the world. Neither at home as a Thai, because of her [...]

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The Cooking of Thailand

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

This book introduces the different culinary regions of Thailand and presents many kinds of recipes for traditional Thai dishes.

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Thailand (Discovering Cultures)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This book provides a comprehensive look at the country of Thailand.  Surrounded by Cambodia, Laos and Burma, Thailand is at the center of Southeast Asia.  This country offers a mix of cities working farms and a history deep in tradition.  The book is illustrated with color photography which highlights everyday life and cultural events..

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Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek

By auraenid | Published: December 1, 2008

A father and daughter play hide-and-seek in the midst of the animals near their house in Thailand.
Papa calls on all the creatures of the jungle to help find his baby in this game of hide-and-seek.”Jut-Ay, Baby, peek-a-boo,Want to play? Where are you?” Baby knows that Jut-Ay means morning has come, and it’s time to play. [...]

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Tyger! Tyger!

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Tyger! Tyger! is a moving fable that expresses hope for harmony between the human and the animal worlds. It draws its inspiration from real life–a Buddhist monastery in Thailand that has for years provided sanctuary for one of the world’s most endangered animals, the beautiful Indo-Chinese tiger.

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The Happiness of Kati

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 7, 2007

With the impending death of her mother, Kati, a young Thai girl, completes the puzzle of her past and discovers the reason that her mother gave her up as a baby.

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Thailand

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Informational book about Thailand

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Even A Little Is Something: Stories Of Nong

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

Twenty-three vignettes present Nong, a ten-year-old girl living in present-day Thailand, and the characters of her village as they slowly make the transition from rural poverty to western modernization.

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Breath Of The Dragon

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

A five-year-old Thai girl, Malili waits in vain for her mother–who has gone to America to make a new life–to send for her and finds solace in her passion for drawing and love for her grandmother.

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