Theme: Emperor

The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This book describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.

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Elephants And Golden Thrones: Inside China’s Forbidden City

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A rare look inside one of the wonders of the world, published in time for the 2008 Olympics in ChinaFor five hundred years, the Forbidden City was the seat of power of China’s emperors. Given rare access to this vast and beautiful complex, Trish Marx and Ellen B. Senisi explore its secrets in full-color photographs [...]

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Children of the Lamp: The Day of the Djinn Warriors

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Djinn twins John and Philippa are off on another whirlwind adventure that takes them around the globe and into unknown worlds. And it’s a race against time as they attempt to rescue their mother from her fate as the Blue Djinn of Babylon. An aging curse has been placed on their father and if the [...]

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Taj Mahal

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This book recounts the love story behind the building of the Taj Mahal in India. It discusses how it was constructed and provides information on Indian culture.

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The Lion Hunter (The Mark Of Solomon)

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

It is the sixth century in Aksum, Africa. Young Telemakos—King Arthur’s half-Ethiopian grandson—is still recovering from his ordeal as a government spy in the far desert, trying to learn who was breaking the Emperor’s plague quarantine. Before he is fully himself again, tragedy and menace strike, and he finds himself sent, with his baby sister, [...]

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The Nightingale

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

The hero of this story is a little bird with a very sweet song-so sweet it brings tears to the eyes of the Chinese Emperor and charms Death right back into the graveyard.

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