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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe it’s because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild. Or maybe it’s because the pair look so much alike and neither resembles the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone seems suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage and interracial marriage. In this...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Zhao Di wishes the New Year would never end! Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Sunflower is an only child, and when her father is sent to the rural Cadre School, she has to go with him. Her father is an established artist from the city and finds his new life of physical labor and endless meetings exhausting. Sunflower is lonely and longs to play with the local children in the village across the river. When her father tragically drowns, Sunflower is taken in by the poorest family in the village, a family...
4) Feather
Author
Publisher
Elsewhere editions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A single feather, blown about by the wind, asks a variety of birds if she belongs to them but is dismissed time and again until she gives up her quest.
Author
Publisher
Better Link Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This beautifully illustrated multicultural children's book tells the story of a young boy and his magical rooster in both English and Chinese. Long long ago, there lived a boy named Tang Yun. He studied very hard and was ready to take the imperial exam in the Capital City thousands of miles away. Yun's mother was worried about him traveling alone. After working day and night, she finished hand embroidering a rooster on Yun's outfit, hoping the magical...
Author
Publisher
Better Link Press
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Once the Snake Goddess fell to Earth she could not believe it was lacking in color so she gave everyone she knew colorful clothes. But once the clothes got into people's hands the colors disappeared. So the goddess sets out to find the five magical color stones that will put color back in the sky.
Author
Publisher
Better Link Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions. This Chinese children's story tells a delightful trip with lots of cultural details along the way! Jia Jun's Dad worked out of town all year around. Now it's time for him to come home. He took a train, bus, three-wheeled motorcycle, ferry-boat and even walked for many miles. He finally made it home and had a reunion dinner with his family on New Year's Eve. On his trip, as Jia Jun's Dad was rushing...
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