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| Peach Heaven |
$16.00 |
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Yangsook is a young girl in Puchon,
South Korea, 1976 - where "the peaches were big and sweet, with rosy
skins and pale, juicy insides." A huge rainstorm rages as she tries to
do her homework, but keeps finding herself staring at the "picture of
heaven" hanging above her desk - a picture of children playing in a
peach orchard. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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MPS-7610 |
| Dim Sum for Everyone |
$6.99 |
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With bright and colorful
illustrations, Grace Lin explores what it's like to go to a dim sum
restaurant! Everybody wants a little of everything - what will you have?
Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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RH-0824S |
| Oranges on Golden
Mountain |
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A Chinese son is sent to California-Golden Mountain to
work with his uncle as a fisherman. When he arrives, he plants orange
branches from the family orchard in China hoping that they will grow
into trees. He discovers that shrimp shells make excellent fertilizer
for fruit trees. As he works hard with his uncle, he knows that good
luck will come their way!
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| The Magical Starfruit
Tree |
$14.95 |
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This Chinese folktale tells the
story of a peddler, a young boy, and an old beggar on a summer day. In
spite of the heat and the old man's thirst, the miserly peddler refuses
to give him a juicy starfruit. A young boy overhears and buys the fruit
for the old man. The beggar gratefully accepts, saving only one seed.
The old man plants the seed and uses magic to make the seed grow and
bear fruit, all before the eyes of a gathering crowd. In the end there
is enough for everyone, and the young boy is rewarded for his
generosity. Hardcover 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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| The Story of
Chopsticks |
$17.95 |
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A Chinese American cookbook author invents an explanation
for the origin of chopsticks. Author's notes offer facts about the
history of chopsticks, explains how to hold them, describes good table
manners in a Confucian context and gives a simple recipe. Hardcover, 32
pages. Ages 4-8. HH-1526 |
| Stone Soup - Jon J.
Muth |
$16.95 |
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Lok and Siew journey along a mountain road trying to understand what
makes one happy. At once the monks encounter frightened villagers that
have long been ravaged by harsh times, and whose hearts have grown hard
toward everyone they meet. But when the monks cleverly entice them to
make soups from stones, the villagers discover how much they each have
to give - and how much more comes back in return. With magnificent
watercolors that invite reflection of deeper meaning, Jon J. Muth
combines his love of Zen Buddhism and Eastern culture with a favorite
old trickster tale that celebrates the power of generosity. Hardcover,
32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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SB-3909 |
| How My Parents Learned
to Eat - Ina R. Friedman |
$5.95 |
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From School Library Journal - "Friedman
has created a delightful, original and very funny book that goes far
beyond simple table manners. Realistic yet slightly stylized
illustrations are done in muted watercolors that catch the nuances of
Japanese culture. The book is wonderfully thought-provoking in its
portrayal of the subtle similarities and differences among cultures." A
Reading Rainbow selection! Softcover, 32 pages.
More... HM-2354 |
| The Story of Noodles
- Ying Chang Compestine |
$16.95 |
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The Kang boys love
having food fights. One day they have to help their mother make her
famous dumplings. It's time for the annual cooking contest and Mama Kang
is expected to win. But it doesn't take the boys long before the begin
playing with the dough, and soon, long strips decorate every corner of
the house. Now there's no time to prepare the dumplings. The only thing
the Kangs can bring to the contest are mian tiao, or flour strips. Will
the boys' new dish wow the judges? Or will the Kang boys find themselves
in hot water. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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HH-1600 |
| One Grain of Rice: A
Mathematical Folktale - Demi |
$19.95 |
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Long ago in India, there
lived a raja who believed that he was wise and fair. But every year he
kept nearly all of the people's rice for himself. Then when famine came,
the raja refused to share the rice, and the people went hungry. Then a
village girl named Rani devises a clever plan. She does a good deed for
the raja, and in return the raja lets her choose her reward. Rani asks
for just one grain of rice, doubled every day for thirty days. Through
the surprising power of doubling, one grain of rice grows into more than
one billion grains of rice - and Rani teaches the raja a lesson about
what it truly means to be wise and fair. Demi's exquisitely detailed
art, inspired by traditional Indian miniature paintings, combined with
her simple retelling to convey the heart and wisdom of this satisfying
folktale. Hardcover, 40 pages. Ages 5-8.
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SB-3998 |
| Dumpling Soup -
Jama Kim Rattigan |
$6.95 |
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This New Year's Eve, for the first time, Marisa gets to
help her grandmother make the traditional dumpling soup for their whole
family. As she wraps her dumplings, Marisa worries - will anyone eat her
funny looking mandoo? Set in the Hawaiian islands, where eating is a way
of expressing warmth and affection among family and friends, this story
celebrates the joyful mix of food, customs, and languages from many
cultures. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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