Childrens Books: China
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The Abacus Contest : Stories from Taiwan and China (World Stories Series) by Priscilla Wu, Xiao-Jun Li (Illustrator) Usually ships within 2-3 days
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover - 55 pages (March 1996), Our Price: $15.95
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Synopsis: In this latest World Stories collection, original stories depict children from traditional Taiwanese backgrounds as they learn how to deal with changes brought on by the contemporary world.
Card catalog description: In a small city in southern Taiwan, six children with a traditional background experience different changes in their outlook.
Adventures of Monkey King by R.L. Gao
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Paperback (October 1989), Our Price: $6.95 |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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L. H. Ko, teacher, 'A story with universal appeal. A charming way to look at human nature.'
S. Zhang, instructor Defense Language Institute: 'Better than the Ninja Turtles, better than the Power Rangers.'
The Amazing Panda Adventure, Movie Tie-In, by A. L. Singer
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Mass Market Paperback (July 1995), List Price: $3.50, Our Price: $2.80, You Save: $0.70 (20%) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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An all-American, MTV-loving boy travels to China in order to visit his father and is caught up in a dramatic struggle to save a panda cub's life, in a story about preserving endangered species. Movie tie-in.
Ancient China (Eyewitness Books), by Arthur Cotterell, Geoff Brightling (Photographer)
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- 63 pages (October 1994), List Price: $19.00, Our Price:
$13.30, You Save: $5.70 (30%) Library Binding - 63 pages (October 1994), Our Price: $20.99 |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Illus. with full-color photos. From the earliest dynasty to the last emperor, watch 3,000 years of splendor come alive in this colorful chronicle of the civilization that's given us everything from gunpowder to dim sum.
Synopsis: Enthralling subjects and stunning photographs continue to make Eyewitness Books the best nonfiction series for kids today. These books are "filled with extraordinary illustrations and written and designed with imagination and care"--New York Times Book Review.
Ancient China (Journey into Civilization) by Robert Nicholson, Claire Watts (Contributor)
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding - 31 pages (February 1994), Our Price: $15.95
Paperback (May 1995), List Price: $8.95, Our Price: $7.16, You Save: $1.79 (20%)
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A fascinating introduction to the dramatic history of ancient China.
Ancient China (Nature Company Discoveries) by Judith Simpson, Carol Michaelson (Editor)
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover (March 1996) , List Price: $16.00, Our Price: $11.20, You Save: $4.80 (30%)
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Card catalog description: An informative account of the more than 7,000-year-old civilization of China including insights into the individuals who helped shape this country.
Ancient China : 2,000 Years of Mystery and Adventure to Unlock and Discover (Treasure Chest), by Chao-Hui Jenny Liu
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Paperback - 32 pages (October 1996) , List Price: $19.95, Our Price: $15.96, You Save: $3.99 (20%) |
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Synopsis: With this new addition to the Treasure Chest series, children can learn about life in ancient China from 1523 B.C. to 906 A.D. The chest's secret compar tment reveals a brush and ink set and instructions for making Chinese characters, I Ching coins to tell the future, materials for making a fan, and more. 100+ color illustrations.
The Animals of the Chinese Zodiac, by Susan Whitfield, Philippa-Alys Browne (Illustrator)
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Hardcover - 40 pages (March 1998), List Price: $16.00, Our Price: $11.20, You Save: $4.80 (30%) |
Synopsis : Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal. Explains the qualities associated with each animal and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.
Beautiful Warrior : The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu, by Emily Arnold McCully
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Hardcover - 40 pages (March 1998), List Price: $16.95, Our Price: $11.87, You Save: $5.08 (30%) |
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This picture book is about brave young women who find strength in themselves. Set in seventeenth-century China, McCully tells a kung fu story about two legendary women. First, there is the child prodigy whose father refuses to allow her to become an idle lady with bound feet. Instead, she studies the five pillars of learning and the martial arts and becomes a Buddhi s t nun named Wu Mei, beautiful warrior. Then Wu Mei saves a desperate, scatterbrained young girl from a forced marriage to a hooligan bandit. The warrior nun teaches the girl to save herself with kung fu, and as the girl learns that softness and yielding can prevail over hardness and brute force, she grows strong and calm. In a great climactic fight, the small girl uses her technique to rout the bandit and send him flying. The defeat of the swaggering bully has elemental appeal, and there are great comic ac t ion scenes of the huge bandit hurtling through the air. In traditional Chinese style, the art of this large-size book includes narrow narrative panels that alternate with wide, detailed, misty landscapes in watercolor, tempera, and pastel. The pictures reinforce the story of strength that comes from mastering yourself and finding harmony with the universe.
The Beggar's Magic : A Chinese Tale by Raymond Chang, David Johnson (Illustrator), Margaret S. Chang
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
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School & Library Binding - 32 pages (Sept 1997), List Price: $16.00, Our Price: $14.40, You Save: $1.60 (10%) |
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Synopsis: A cautionary tale from ancient China--full of contemporary appeal. A greedy, selfish farmer gets up comeuppance at the August Moon Festival, when the kindly beggar priest whom he has slighted performs a magic trick that makes the farmer a laughingstock of the village. Full color.
Beijing (Cities of the World) by Deborah Kent
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
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School & Library Binding - 64 pages (Dec 1996), Our Price: $26.00 |
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Synopsis: Describes physical aspects, history, and social life and customs of the capital of the People's Republic of China.
Card catalog description: Describes physical aspects, history, and social life and customs of the capital of the People's Republic of China.
The Butterfly Boy, by Laurence Yep, Jeanne M. Lee (Photographer)
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Hardcover (September 1993), List Price: $16.00, Our Price: $11.20, You Save: $4.80 (30%) |
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Synopsis: In a tale inspired by the fourth century B.C. writings of Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu, a boy dreams that he is a butterfly, and as a butterfly, he dreams that he is a boy.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Synopsis: A treasure chest of material about ancient China and its contributions to the world examines more than two thousand years of history and includes a brush-and-ink set and instructions to create Chinese characters, I Ching coins, and other charts, activities, and projects.
C Is for China by Sungwan So
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Our Price: $18.00, Library Binding - 32 pages (August 1997)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Synopsis: An alphabetical and photographic journey through China, depicting its people, customs, history, religion, and beliefs.
Ancient China (Eyewitness Books) by Arthur Cotterell, Geoff Brightling (Photographer)
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Hardcover - 63 pages (October 1994), List Price: $19.00, Our Price: $13.30, You Save: $5.70 (30%)
Library Binding - 63 pages (October 1994) , Our Price: $20.99
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Synopsis: Full-color captioned photographs and artwork chronicle three thousand years of Chinese history, from the earliest dynasty to the twentieth century, and examine some of the contributions China has made to the world.
Ancient China (Journey into Civilization) by Robert Nicholson, Claire Watts (Contributor)
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Library Binding - 31 pages (February 1994), Our Price: $15.95
Paperback (May 1995), List Price: $8.95, Our Price: $7.16, You Save: $1.79 (20%)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Synopsis: A fascinating introduction to the dramatic history of ancient China.
Ancient China (Nature Company Discoveries) by Judith Simpson, Carol Michaelson (Editor)
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Hardcover (March 1996) , List Price: $16.00, Our Price: $11.20, You Save: $4.80 (30%)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Card catalog description: An informative account of the more than 7,000-year-old civilization of China including insights into the individuals who helped shape this country.
Ancient China : 2,000 Years of Mystery and Adventure to Unlock and Discover (Treasure Chest) by Chao-Hui Jenny Liu
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Paperback - 32 pages (October 1996) , List Price: $19.95, Our Price: $15.96,You Save: $3.99 (20%)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Synopsis: A treasure chest of material about ancient China and its contributions to the world examines more than two thousand years of history and includes a brush-and-ink set and instructi ons to create Chinese characters, I Ching coins, and other charts, activities, and projects.
Synopsis: With this new addition to the Treasure Chest series, children can learn about life in ancient China from 1523 B.C. to 906 A.D. The chest's secret compar tment reveals a brush and ink set and instructions for making Chinese characters, I Ching coins to tell the future, materials for making a fan, and more. 100+ color illustrations.
The Animals of the Chinese Zodiac by Susan Whitfield, Philippa-Alys Browne (Illustrator)
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 40 pages (March 1998), List Price: $16.00, Our Price: $11.20, You Save: $4.80 (30%)
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Synopsis: Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal. Explains the qualities associated with each animal and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.
Beautiful Warrior : The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu by Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
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Hardcover - 40 pages (March 1998), List Price: $16.95, Our Price: $11.87, You Save: $5.08 (30%)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Like McCully's Caldecott winner, Mirette on the High Wire (1992), this extends the picture book with a tense drama about brave young women who find strength in themselves. McCully tells a kung fu story about two legendary women in seventeenth-century China. First, there is the child prodigy whose father refuses to allow her to become an idle lady with bound feet. Instead, she studies the five pillars of learning and the martial arts and becomes a Buddhi s t nun named Wu Mei, beautiful warrior. Then Wu Mei saves a desperate, scatterbrained young girl from a forced marriage to a hooligan bandit. The warrior nun teaches the girl to save herself with kung fu, and as the girl learns that softness and yielding can prevail over hardness and brute force, she grows strong and calm. In a great climactic fight, the small girl uses her technique to rout the bandit and send him flying. The defeat of the swaggering bully has elemental appeal, and there are great comic action scenes of the huge bandit hurtling through the air. In traditional Chinese style, the art of this large-size book includes narrow narrative panels that alternate with wide, detailed, misty landscapes in watercolor, tempera, and pastel. The pictures re inforce the story of strength that comes from mastering yourself and finding harmony with the universe.
The Beggar's Magic : A Chinese Tale by Raymond Chang, David Johnson (Illustrator), Margaret S. Chang
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Synopsis: A cautionary tale from ancient China--full of contemporary appeal. A greedy, selfish farmer gets up comeuppance at the August Moon Festival, when the kindly beggar priest whom he has slighted performs a magic trick that makes the farmer a laughingstock of the village. Full color.
Celebrating Birthdays in China by Cheryl L. Enderlein
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Hardcover - 24 pages, Our Price: $14.00
Reading level: Ages 4-8
The Ch'I-Lin Purse : A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories (Sunburst Book) by Linda Fang, Jeanne M. Lee (Illustrator)
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Paperback - 160 pages Reprint edition (Sept 1997), List Price: $4.95, Our Price: $3.96,You Save: $0.99 (20%) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Synopsis: A collection of Chinese tales never before available in English retells nine wise stories based on authentic sources, including three-hundred-year old novels, actual historical figures and events, and a Chinese opera.
A Champion for China
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Paperback - 16 pages (May 1998), List Price: $2.99, Our Price: $2.39,You Save: $0.60 (20%)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Chasing the Moon to China by Virginia Overton McLean, Nancy Cheairs (Illustrator), Susan Robinson (Illustrator)
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Hardcover - 40 pages Bk&Cd edition (May 1988), List Price: $21.95, Our Price: $15.37, You Save: $6.58 (30%) |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Card catalog description: A young girl takes a trip to China where she observes ways in which she and they are different and alike. A record inside the book cover gives a short lesson in Chinese and presents a folksong.
The Children of China (The World's Children) by Matti A. Pitkanen (Illustrator), Reijo Harkonen
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Library Binding - 40 pages (May 1990), Our Price: $22.60
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Card catalog description: An introduction to the history, geography, and culture of China through brief descriptions of the day-to-day lives of a variety of children.
The Children of China : An Artist's Journey by Song Nan Zhang
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Hardcover - 32 pages Reissue edition (September
1995), List Price: $17.95, Our Price: $12.57, You Save: $5.38 (30%), Usually
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
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A reader from Minneapolis, November 12, 1997. I bought this book for my daughter who is Chinese. I use it as an educational and cultural tool of the country of her birth. The pictures are wonderful to enjoy as both an adult and child. My daughter is now two and we enjoy reading the captions to the pictures and as she gets older, I can read her the full text. It is a must have book for parents with children from China.
Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat by Jennifer Armstrong, Mary Grandpre (Illustrator)
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Paperback - 32 pages 1 edition (February 1996), List Price: $6.99, Our Price: $5.59,You Save: $1.40 (20%) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Book Description: Illus. in full color. When Chin Yu Min's wealthy husband drowns, her life of idleness comes to an end--until she meets a mysterious ginger cat fishing with his long tail. Striking illustrations complement this original folktale of a haughty widow whose life is transformed by friendship. "Recommended not only for general picture book collections, but also for special collections aimed at older readers and promoted through read-alouds and storytelling."--Booklist.
China by Ann Heinrichs
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Paperback - 48 pages (October 1997), List Price: $6.95, Our Price: $5.56, You Save: $1.39 (20%) |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
China (A Ticket To) by Janet Riehecky
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Library Binding - 48 pages (February 1999), Our Price: $22.60 |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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