Two sisters, one as beautiful as the moon and the other monstrous, must fight to save each other when a betrothal contest goes wrong.
Asia
Materials from Asia
Fox Snare
When Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun are sent on a goodwill mission to prevent war from breaking out, they end up getting stranded on a death planet behind enemy lines.
Waiting For Tomorrow
Appa is coming home tomorrow after a long time away, and sisters Haejin and Hanna want to make something very special to greet his return. They spend the day preparing their favorite treat hotteok, a brown sugar filled Korean pancake. But when their batter is ruined, how will they make something special for tomorrow?
Enlightened
A fictionalized biography of the life of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha, the progenitor of Buddhism.
Night Market Rescue
Stray dog GoGo stumbles upon the gift of friendship and the promise of home while wandering the delight-filled night market in Taipei.
Featured in WOW Review Volume XVII, Issue 2.
The Cricket War
A gripping story of a boy’s escape from Communist Vietnam by boat, based on the author’s own experience. It’s 1980, and 12-year-old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his afternoons playing soccer and cricket fighting with his friends, but life is slowly changing under the Communists. His parents are worried, and Tho knows the Communist army will soon knock on their door to make his brother, and then him, join them. Still, it shocks him when his father says that arrangements have been made for him to leave Vietnam by boat, immediately. Thọ tries to be brave as he sets out on a harrowing journey toward the unknown.
This book is part of the Worlds of Words Global Reading List for 2023/24.
At The End Of The World
With the world about to end, seventeen year old Aisha and her mother set out on a road trip to find her estranged sister.
100 Chapatis
A boy makes one hundred chapatis with his grandfather while they wait for news of his new baby sibling’s arrival.
Lali’s Flip-Flops
Lali has worked hard to earn money for a special treat but should she spend her earnings on herself or her friends?
Bhangra Baby
Bhangra Baby learns to step, hop, twist, and jump as he moves to the rhythm of the dhol.