To select the animals of the zodiac, the Jade Emperor has called for a race between all the animals, in an elegant new twist on an old folktale filled with stunning artwork.
Cat And Rat: The Legend Of The Chinese Zodiac
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Materials from China
We Live In China
Travel the world in this new series of illustrated books, and see each country through the eyes of the children that live there!Meet Meihua, a girl from Beijing; Shuilin, from a smaller province; and Sem Dui, a boy from Tibet. Learn about China’s school system, traditions, history, religion, and culture—just by spending a day with these children. With illustrations and photographs throughout, featuring some of the most important architecture and historical figures of the region, this book provides a great introduction to Chinese culture. Travel the world in this new series of illustrated books, and see each country through the eyes of the children that live there!Meet Meihua, a girl from Beijing; Shuilin, from a smaller province; and Sem Dui, a boy from Tibet. Learn about China’s school system, traditions, history, religion, and culture—just by spending a day with these children. With illustrations and photographs throughout, featuring some of the most important architecture and historical figures of the region, this book provides a great introduction to Chinese culture.
My Name Is Number 4: A True Story from the Cultural Revolution
Here is the real-life story about the fourth child in a family torn apart by China’s Cultural Revolution. After the death of both of her parents, Ting-xing and her siblings endure brutal Red Guard attacks on their schools and even in their home. At the age of sixteen, Ting-xing is sent to a prison farm far from the world she knows, where she survives for six years. Eventually, people leave the countryside, and Ting-xing passes the entrance exam for Beijing University, the only person in the prison camp to do so.
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This series introduces young readers to the diverse cultures and peoples of different countries around the world.
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Festivals of the World offers a colorful introduction to the festivals and cultures of countries around the world.
Tongues Of Jade
A retelling of seventeen Chinese American folktales from a variety of Chinese communities in the United States.
The Rainbow People
A collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some oldtimers newly settled in the United States.
Mountain Light
Swept up in one of the local rebellions against the Manchus in China, nineteen-year-old Squeaky loses his home and travels to America to seek his fortune among the gold fields of California. Sequel to “The Serpent’s Children.”
The Ghost Fox
While his father is away from their Chinese village, Little Lee fights to save his mother’s soul from an evil fox creature that has assumed human form.
The Man Who Tricked a Ghost
Sung, a brave man who is not afraid of ghosts, meets one on a dark road and tricks it into revealing its secret weakness.