Vietnam: Children's Books
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The Brocaded Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales, by Lynette Dyer Vuong, Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator)
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Reflecting universal themes, these tellings of five Vietnamese fairy tales--which include versions of "Cinderella," "Thumbelina," and "The Frog Prince"--"are modern and smooth," said Booklist of this "excellent and unusual addition to folklore collections.
Charlie Pippin by Candy Dawson Boyd
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Paperback - 182 pages (October 1988), List Price: $4.99, Our Price: 43.99, You Save: $1.00 (20%) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Spunky eleven-year-old Charlie hopes to understand her rigid father by finding out everything she can about the Vietnam War, the war that let him survive but killed his dreams.
Children of Vietnam (The World's Children) by Marybeth Lorbiecki, Paul P. Rome (Photographer)
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Library Binding - 48 pages (September 1997), Our Price: $21.27 |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Introduces the history, geography, and culture of Vietnam through the daily lives of children who live there.
Cooking the Vietnamese Way (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks), by Judy M. Monroe, Robert L. Wolfe (Photographer), Chi T. Nguyen
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Library Binding (May 1985), Our Price: $19.93 |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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An introduction to the cooking of Vietnam featuring such recipes as spring rolls, sweet and sour soup, and Vietnamese fried rice. Also includes information about the land, history, and holidays of this south-east Asian country.
Countries World Vietnam, by Michael S. Dahl
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Library Binding (March 1998), Our Price: $13.75
Reading Level: Ages 4 - 8
The Crystal Heart : A Vietnamese Legend, by Aaron Shepard, Joseph Daniel Fiedler (Illustrator)
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School & Library Binding - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (September 1998), Our Price: $16.00 |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Mi Nuong, the daughter of a great mandarin, hears an enchanting song from a singer who may be the man she is destined to marry. It is only that man and his lovely song that can cure Mi Nuong when she becomes ill. Written in elegant prose and visually told with stunning illustrations, this story from Vietnam reveals the power of expectations--and of words. Full color.
The Golden Slipper : A Vietnamese Legend (Legends of the World), by Darrell Lum, Makiko Nagano (Illustrator)
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Paperback - 32 pages (June 1994), List Price: $4.95, Our Price: $3.96, You save: $0.99 (20%)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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A variation on the Cinderella story, in which a kind-hearted young woman meets her prince with the help of animals she has befriended.
Goodbye, Vietnam, by Gloria Whelan
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Library Binding - 135 pages (July 1992, Our Price: $13.99 |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination, hope, love, and courage in the face of the most devastating of circumstances and injustices."
Grandfather's Dream, by Holly Keller
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Hardcover (April 1994), List Price: $15.00, Our Price: $10.50, You Save: $4.50 (30%)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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The war in Vietnam is over, but the cranes that once covered the winter sky have still not returned. It is Grandfather's dream, which young Nam shares, that the new dikes will mean the land will flood again and the cranes will return. A moving story of a dream come true, and a tangible example of what "wildlife preservation" can mean. Full color.
The Jaws of the Dragon, by Alan Gibbons
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Library Binding - 153 pages (September 1994), Our Price: $19.95
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Eleven-year-old Tra and his family face an uncertain future in Vietnam when his father defies the head of the village committee.
Journey Home, by Lawrence McKay, Dom Lee (Illustrator), Keunhee Lee
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Hardcover - 32 pages (April 1998), List Price: $15.95, Our Price: $11.16, You Save: $4.79 (30%) |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Review: The author, Lawrence McKay, Jr , May 8, 1998:
Mai is excited about traveling to Vietnam with her mother. Mom wants to search for her birth family, who disappeared during the Vietnam War, and Mai wants to help solve the mystery. Mai has never been to her mother's homeland, and she wonders what being there will reveal about her mother, herself, and the father she never knew. Will learning about her mother's past help her gain a new sense of identity? Is her "real" home in America or Vietnam? What Mai discovers about her past will change her life forever. JOURNEY HOME is a story for all Americans who, like Mai, want to learn more about themselves through their family histories.
The Land I Lost : Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam, by Quang Nhuong Nuynh, Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator), Huynh Quang Nhuong,
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Library Binding (October 1987), Our Price: $14.89
Reading level: Ages 9-12
The Land I Lost : Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam (Harper Trophy Book), by Quang Nhuong Huynh, Dinh Mai Vo (Illustrator), Huynh Quang Nhuong
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
The Lotus Seed, by Sherry Garland, Tatsuro Kiuchi (Illustrator)
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
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A story of hope and epiphany and the importance of family heritage. A young Vietnamese girl takes a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden. Years later, her grandson plants it in his garden--where it blooms again. Full color
Maya Lin : Honoring Our Forgotten Heroes (Everyone Contributes), by Bob Italia
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Library Binding - 32 pages (December 1993), Our Price: $18.49
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Presents the life of the young architect-sculptor who designed the controversial memorial honoring United States soldiers who served in the Vietnam War.
The Princess and the Admiral, by Charlotte Pomerantz, Tony Chen (Illustrator)
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Paperback Reprint edition (April 1992), Our Price: $8.95
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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When a fleet of warships attacks the Tiny Kingdom, a clever young princess uses ingenuity to preserve her kingdom's one hundred years of peace. Based on a thirteenth-century incident involving Kublai Khan and Vietnam.
Sing for Your Father, Su Phan, by Stella Pevsner, Fay Tang
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Hardcover - 107 pages (November 1997), List Price: $14.00, Our Price: $9.80, You Save: $4.20 (30%) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Recalls the events in a North Vietnamese village that forever changed the lives of the youngest daughter of a prosperous trader and her family.
Sweet Dried Apples : A Vietnamese Wartime Childhood, by Rosemary Breckler, Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator)
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Hardcover - 28 pages (September 1996), List price: $15.95, Our Price: $11.16, You Save: $4.79 (30%) |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Inspired by a true story, this is an intimate, moving portrait of a childhood devastated by the war in Vietnam. "In this picture book for older readers, a young Vietnamese girl narrates a brief, bittersweet tale of a village childhood during the final stages of the Vietnam conflict. . . . A worthwhile book giving a child's-eye view of a lost homeland and a lost war."
Tam's Slipper : A Story from Vietnam. (Legends of the World Series), by Janet. Palazzo-Craig, Makiko Nagano (Illustrator)
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Paperback - 32 pages (March 1997), List Price: $4.95, Our Price: $3.96, You save: $0.99 (20%)
Reading level: Ages 9 - 12
Look What We've Brought You from Vietnam : Crafts, Games, Recipes, Stories, and Other Cultural Activities from New Americans, by Phyllis Shalant, Joanna Roy (Illustrator)
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Paperback (June 1988), Our Price: $6.95
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven : A Vietnamese Folk Tale, by Jeanne M. Lee (Illustrator)
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Paperback - 32 pages (September 1989), List Price: $5.95, Our Price: $4.96, You Save: $1.19 (20%
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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"This Vietnamese folk tale reveals how Toad goes to heaven to end a drought and there receives the honorary title of uncle." Full color. Parents' Choice Honor Award for Illustration.
Two Lands, One Heart : An American Boy's Journey to His Mother's Vietnam, by Ted Wood (Photographer), Jeremy C. Schmidt
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Hardcover - 44 pages (May 1995), List Price: $15.95, Our Price: $11.16, You Save: $4.79
Library Binding - 44 pages (May 1995), Our Price: $18.85
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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In 1975 TJ's mother was only a child when she escaped war-torn Vietnam and came to America. Almost 20 years later, she took her eldest son back to meet the family he had never known and to experence firsthand the country and the culture she left behind. Full-color photos.
Vietnam (A New True Book), by Karen Jacobsen
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School & Library Binding (April 1992), List Price: $20.00, Our Price: $14.00, You Save: $6.00 (30%)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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Explores the geography, history, people, and culture of Vietnam.
Vietnam (Economically Developing Countries), by Ole Steen Hansen
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Library Binding - 48 pages (January 1997), Our Price: $24.26
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Discusses the history, culture, and current problems of one of the world's poorest nations.
Vietnam (Enchantment of the World), by David K. Wright
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School & Library Binding (May 1989), Our Price: $32.00
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Discusses the geography, history, people, economy, and customs of Vietnam.
Vietnam (Festivals of the World), by Susan McKay
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Library Binding - 32 pages (September 1997), Our Price: $18.60
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Vietnam (Major World Nations), by Wendy M. Cole
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Library Binding - 94 pages (October 1997), Our Price: $19.95 |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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An overview of the history, geography, economy, government, people, and culture of Vietnam.
Vietnam : The Boat People Search for a Home (Children in Crisis), by John Isaac (Photographer), Keith Elliot Greenberg
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Library Binding - 32 pages 1 edition (September 1996), Our Price: $15.45 |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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A United Nations staff photographer presents an overview of Vietnam's history and his impressions of some of the people, particularly children, who have fled this war-torn country.
Vietnam : The Culture (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series.), by Bobbie Kalman
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Paperback - 32 pages (January 1996), List Price: $7.95, Our Price: $6.36, You Save: $1.59 (20%)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Celebrates the festivals that honor Vietnamese beliefs as well as their stories about heroes and legends, their theater, and haunting music.
Vietnam...in Pictures (Visual Geography)
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Library Binding (August 1994), Our Price: $19.95
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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This book covers many different aspects of Vietnam, including history, geography, politics, culture and the arts. It is well illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams and serves as a useful reference book.
The Wall, by Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
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School & Library Binding - 32 pages (April 1990), List Price: $14.95, Our Price: $10.46, You Save: $4.49 (30%) |
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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A boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. "Before this powerful book is half finished, readers will be deeply moved. Bunting's understated prose captures the meaning of the memorial to the American people. . . . Himler's gauzy watercolors are a perfect accompaniment."--School Library Journal, starred review. Reading Rainbow Main Feature. Full color.
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Water Buffalo Days : Growing Up in Vietnam, by Huynh Quang Nhuong, Jean Tseng (Illustrator), Mou-Sien Tseng, Quang nhuong Huynh
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Hardcover - 128 pages (November 1997), List Price: $13.95, Our Price: $9.76, You Save: $4.19 (30%) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12
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As a young boy growing up in the hills of central Vietnam, Nhuong's companion was Tank, the family water buffalo. Here Nhuong gives readers a glimpse of himself when he was their age, and tells a thrilling story of how he and Tank together faced the dangers of life in the Vietnamese jungle that was their home.
