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**1,2,3 Go!
Lee, Huy Voun
Children jump, dance and run through the numbers in this action-filled introduction to the simplest Chinese picture words.
English, Chinese and Pinyin. Ages 3-8
**A Coloring Book of Ancient China
Bellerophon Books
Title says it all. Has factual tidbits along with pictures to color. (Frymark)
**A Family In China
by Nance Lui Fyson and Richard Greenhill
Great pictures of rural China. I'm not sure how accurate the information is on living in Communes
is anymore - the book was written in 1985. 5-10 age range. Check this one out from the library (unless it's your child's province
of course!) (Frymark)
A
Mother for Choco
by Keiko Kasza
A chubby-faced
yellow bird with blue-striped feet, Choco believes that physical similarity is a prerequisite for family relationships. He
asks a series of animals who bear even the slightest resemblance to him if they might be his mother, but all turn him away.
Discouraged by their rejection, Choco is pleasantly surprised when Mrs. Bear takes an interest in him, plays with and cuddles
him, and ultimately offers him a home. The presence of other ``adoptees'' is made obvious as a young alligator, hippopotamus,
and pig welcome Choco into his new family.
**A Sky Full of Dragons
Wright, Mildred Watley
Lee Chow and his grandfather have fun doing things together. They live in San Francisco, California. One
day Lee Chow meets some boys playing marbles and asks his Grandfather if the magic Chest of Dragon, might have some marbles.
Age 4+
All the Colors of the Earth
by Sheila Hamanaka
Celebrates the diversity of children. (Vortherms)
**Beautiful Warrior
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 Buddhist 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 reinforce the story of strength that comes from mastering yourself
and finding harmony with the universe.
Big Bird in China
DVD
This is a fun DVD. Big Bird explores China.
C is For China
by Sungwan So
An alphabet journey through China. Neat book. I love the photos they have used. Can use
for young and elementary age children. (Frymark)
**Chen Ping and His Magic Axe
Demi
Chen Ping, a poor and content boy, works for a rich and greedy master. He chops wood and takes loving care
of all animals. When his axe falls into the river as he's crossing a bridge, he has some firewood to attend to. An old man
with a long white beard appears to lend a hand. Ages 1-5
**China: A Complete Resource Filled with Background Information, Primary Sources, Hands-on
Activities, Art Projects, Maps, Reproducibles, and Much More!
by (Scholastic) Diana Granat & Stanlee Brimbert
This is not a story book - it is a curriculum book for grades 4-8. I currently homeschool 2 children
and plan to use it. Have also used it for Girl Scouts and I'm sure will use it when our adopted daughter gets older. (Frymark)
**China's ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of China
Schroeder, Holly
Kites and rice. Bicycles and villages. Discover the wonders of a huge and fascinating country in this ABC
tour of China. Ages 6-8
**Chinese Designs
Dover Coloring Book
Another book I bought with the lifebook in mind. Really too elaborate for coloring in. (Frymark)
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
by Robert Wyndham
This is a good one for the little ones. I really like their version of rhymes for kids
- they are much nicer than our own (Peter, Peter pumpkin eater.....) One to own and keep. (Frymark)
**Cloud Weavers: Ancient Chinese Legends
Krasno, Rena & Chiang Yeng-Fong
Collection of 23 legends and myths from China will introduce young readers to magic monkeys, goddesses and
immortals, heroines and patriots, poets and philosophers. These stories have entertained and educated many generations of
Chinese children and provide today’s readers a window to China’s traditional values and beliefs. Teen.
Colors of China
by Shannon Zemlicka
Good informational book on China. Probably the 5-9 age group. (Frymark)
**Count Your Way Through China
Haskins, James
Presents a wide variety of interesting information about China (geography, musical instruments, writing,
animals, etc.) while organized around teaching the Chinese numbers. Ages 4-12
D Is For Dragon Dance
Compenstine, Ying Chang
A is for Acrobats. B is for Balls. C is for Calligraphy. D is for Dragon Dance. From firecrackers
to noodles, from red envelopes to the zodiac, young readers are introduced to the exciting traditions of the Chinese New Year
in this accessible and visually stunning homage to the holiday. Ages 4-8
Daisy Comes Home
by Jan Brett
Asian characters. This beautifully illustrated children's
book uses the Li River in Guangxi Province as a backdrop and also with a focus on China and it's countryside/customs.
**Far East Chinese Culture for Children
Fang, Marisa Lin & Jung, Helen Ma
Full color. Contents: "Map of China", "The Great Wall", "Firecrackers/Red Envelopes", "Chinese Traditional
Costumes," "Dragon Boat Festival," "Moon Lady," "The Four Treasures of the Study,", "Abacus," "Giant Panda," "Silk," "Pagoda",
"Tea" (etc.) in 3 parts: Part 1: authentic self-explanatory pictures; Part 2: coloring sheets; Part 3: activities which assesses
the reader's knowledge about Chinese culture.
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBrateny
A classic must have book. (Vortherms)
Homesick
by Jean Fritz
"Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes
to appreciate the generous affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, the isolating distance in her mother's grief over
losing a second child, the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness
of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen....A remarkable blend of truth and storytelling."
Ages 8-12
**Ho-Ming: Girl of New China
by: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Cute book - written at about a Jr. High level. Worth the read - especially for a pre-teen.
Written in 1935. (Frymark)
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
by Rose Lewis
We enjoyed reading these books about heartwarming journeys to China. The illustrations are
great. We would like to find a book that includes "Daddy" more in the story. (Vortherms)
It's Okay to be Different
by Todd Parr
Bright colored book - it's okay to be special, different and important to be who you are.
(Vortherms)
**Lives of Notable Asian Americans
by Christina Chiu
Self explanitory. Upper elementary, Jr. High age group. (Frymark)
Millions of Snowflakes
by Mary McKenna Siddals
A simple counting book, starting "One little
snowflake...".
The
illustrations are quite beautiful. They show an Asian toddler and her dog having great fun in the snow.
**Moonbeams Dumplings & Dragon Boats
This is a children's book detailing both stories and activities related
to major Chinese festivities. My daughter is a little young for most of the activities, but it has given us some good ideas.
I expect this book will become more and more valuable as she grows older.
Ms. Frizzles Adventures: Imperial China
by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
The book
is written in comic book form with factual information at the bottom. It is like the Magic School Bus books & it does
have a strange tone to it (which is pointed out in the books). The book begins in modern times at a Chinese New Year party.
During the Dragon Dance, Ms. Frizzle takes the children back in time to see what Imperial China is like. They arrive in southern
China & end up traveling to Beijing to talk to the emperor. Along the way, they see different sites & do different
activities. At the end of the book, they return to the dining room to a traditional New Year's dinner with notes on what the
food means. The book is written as a story with characters on the pages giving factual information. Trivia information is included
discussing inventions from China, silk making, tea, meanings of symbols in China, rice farming, and food. At the end of the
book, there is a disclaimer about the fictional parts of the stories and some information that was left out. I would rate this book as a good book and
I would discuss it with a child to make sure they know the factual and fictional parts. (Miller)
Ping-Ping Panda
by Maurice Pledger
A peek and find adventure featuring animals that live in China. (Vortherms)
Red Blanket
by Eliza Thomas
We enjoyed reading these books about heartwarming journeys to China. The illustrations are great.
We would like to find a book that includes "Daddy" more in the story. (Vortherms)
Ruby’s
Wish
by Shirin Yim Bridges
A children’s
picture book written about a girl whose grandfather had gone to California during the gold rush then went back to China to
start a very large family. He allowed all his grandchildren to go to the tutor’s classes to learn-even the girls! This
is about her opportunity to go to school, even college. Included in the book are references to different Chinese holidays
and the differences between how boys and girls are treated in the Chinese culture. The pictures in the book are set in what
a Chinese house would look like at the time Ruby was growing up. Ruby is the author’s grandmother. (Miller)
Sam and the Lucky Money
by Karen Chinn
A Chinatown New Year's Day story. (Vortherms)
wonderful for younger kids & the
girl doesn't travel with
the family
Shaoey and Dot
by Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman
We enjoyed reading these books about heartwarming journeys to China. The illustrations are great.
We would like to find a book that includes "Daddy" more in the story. (Vortherms)
Grade 2-5. This attractive photo-essay opens with a double-page spread of Hong Kong in the early morning mist and closes
with a shot of the city at sunset. Readers are introduced to eight-year-old Tsz Yan and her family. The "six words" of the
title refer to the English writing homework that the girl works on throughout the story. The "many turtles" are what she thinks
school children look like with their backpacks. The "three days" are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, thus giving readers a glimpse
of the child's life at school and at home.The colorful and exciting photos are definitely the strength of the book, and are,
for the most part, logical adjuncts to the text. Unfortunately, the lack of captions may cause confusion. For instance, many
readers may mistake a wedding photo for a prom picture if they are not acquainted with the Chinese tradition of wearing red
for weddings. The pronunciation guide does not give phonetic spellings for the words and is really not useful. Many parallels
are drawn between Tsz Yan's experiences and those of a typical eight-year-old American youngster yet distinct differences
are also shown
**The Children of China: An Artist's Journey
By Song Nan Zhang
An informative book on the different minority groups with artistic pictures with children.
It's is geared more to older ages 9-13. (Frymark)
**The Chinese Helped Build America
by: Dorothy and Joseph Dowdell
A children/jr. book. Gives background on why many Chinese came to America and their struggles
since. (Frymark)
**The Diary of Ma Yan
by Ma Yan
Read this one. A true diary of a girl that wanted to go to school. As school costs
the families in China, this girl's struggle to be considered worthy enough to keep her parents broke is really sad.
Cierra and I read this one as a Mother/Daughter book club read -- so your kids can read it also. I think it is a good
book for our children born here in the states to read to understand the gift of schooling our country provides us with
-- no matter what our financial situation. Pre-teen through High School aged. (Frymark)
It features many asian children and is a great, fun, simple story for young ones.
Walking with her classmates on a trip to the park, a dark-haired girl finds a flexible length of red cord and begins
to shape it into outlines on the sidewalk. Her designs have a Chinese theme: she creates a festival dragon's curving spine,
a tightrope for an acrobat who carries a bamboo umbrella, and the angular edge of the Great Wall. She then shows her inventions
to her classmates, who had been moving "in a bunched-up, slow, tight, straight line"; when they take hold of the rope, their
procession loosens into a "squiggle."
** Toddler Two by Anastasia Suen, Winnie Cheon (Illustrator)
PreS-A charming concept book with butterfly flaps that unfold like pop-ups. Two youngsters take turns discovering things
that come in twos: their hands, arms, eyes, feet, etc. Fabric illustrations with sewn and painted details are done in rich
colors and add interest to this engaging interactive. Toddler book.
The soft-focus, colored-pencil illustrations portray a small Asian girl exploring her safe world, but a world transformed
by the fresh snowfall. The child happily makes angels in the snow and slides down a small hill on her adventure. The cozy
ending, complete with tea and cookies in a snug, warm kitchen, completes this tender celebration of the season.
Kindergarten-Grade 4–Based on the author's personal experiences,
this story portrays a family's long wait to travel to China to meet their new baby girl. A loving older-brother-to-be describes
his anticipation and impatience as he yearns for his sister. It deals
with the new baby being scared and crying...also talks about all the paper
work and answers some of the "why" questions.
**What Was It Like Grandma? Grandma Lai Goon Remebers: A Chinese-American Family Story
by Ann Morris
I bought this book because grandma is from a villiage very close to where our daughter is from. Grandma
now lives in San Francisco with her family and teaches the children many wonderful things about China and their culture.
Elementary age group. Has activities in the back: Making a Chinese Doll, Chinese Jacks, Recipe and directions for kids
to make Chinese buns ("bow"). (Frymark)
When You Were Born in China
by Sara Dorow
"THE BEST" Photo-essay to help explain why and how children and families are brought together.
(Vortherms)
This is a book for about the 8 year + age group. It is a nicely done book that helps
explain what happens in China during an adoption. (Frymark)
This book is a simplified story about adoption from China written for children. The book is
written about what China is like, why there is population control, why children are given up, life in the orphanage, and the
different steps that a family goes through to complete the adoption It contains many beautiful pictures of the country.
Parents have taken this book to China with them and had the Chinese officials sign on the most
appropriate pages - adoption agency employees, guides, Civil Affairs, Notary, foster family, orphanage workers, Consulate,
etc. They have also put in the footprints of their children and parents’ thumbprints in the book. The messages can be
translated later. (Mary M)
**Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story From China
by Ai-Ling Louie
Not for really young kids! Much harsher than our American version. She talks to the bones of her dead fish
pet for company and the step mother and sister come to a terrible end. I still like the book and actually own it as
I like the cultural differences that are in it - can lead to some good discussions later on. (Frymark)
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