Ed Young
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"In Ed Young's childhood home in Shanghai, all was not as it seemed: a rocking chair became a horse; a roof became a roller rink; an empty swimming pool became a place for riding scooters and bikes. The house his father built transformed as needed into a place to play hide-and-seek, to eat bamboo shoots, and to be safe. For outside the home's walls, China was at war. Soon the house held not only Ed and his four siblings but also friends, relatives,...
7) Monkey King
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In his journey to a more enlightened state, a monkey must end his trickery and understand that there is strength in admitting weakness. Based on a section of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West."
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A Nepalese basket tells the story of its use through three generations of a family. Doko is only a simple basket. It is not only grain from the field that he carries--he has also carried his master's child, and wood for the fire. He was there when the child became a man and married. And he very nearly had to carry the grandfather away forever. Luckily, someone wise beyond their years spoke up and made it possible for Doko to carry the grandfather...
9) My Mei Mei
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
11) Donkey trouble
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the traditional fable, a kind but simple man and his grandson, on their way to market with their donkey, find it impossible to please everyone they meet.
13) Nighttime ninja
Author
Language
English
Description
Late at night, when all is quiet and everyone is asleep, a ninja creeps silently through the house in search of treasure -- Publisher.
14) Wabi Sabi
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
15) Tsunami!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
18) Dreamcatcher
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
In the land of the Ojibway a baby sleeps, protected from bad dreams, as the life of the tribe goes on around him.
20) Seven fathers
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A lone traveler, tired, hungry, and cold, finds a house and asks for a room for the night, but the old man to whom he speaks refers him to his father, and that man to his father, until he is finally rewarded for his efforts by the eldest.