Grace Lin
Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller. Everyone knows that the Emperor wants something called the Luminous Stone That Lights the Night. Determined to have her grandmother returned, Pinmei embarks on a journey to find the Luminous Stone alongside her friend Yishan, a...
Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
288 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown Books and Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
1st ed.
Fountas & Pinnell
K
Physical Desc
43 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ling and Ting are identical twins that people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2009, c1999
Edition
Special anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Alice can go anywhere in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure. But at the end of her imaginative journey, she yearns for the place she loves best of all."--
8) Our seasons
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Answers questions children ask about the changing seasons, and includes illustrations and related haiku.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Olivia searches the farmers market for something that will fill her basket. The apple is too small, and the zucchini is too long. What will fit just right? Engages young children in the math of spatial sense."--
10) Up to my knees!
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mei plants a seed and watches it grow. Soon the little plant is up to her toes, then her knees, then her waist. How tall will it get? Engages young children in exploring informal measurement."--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When winter comes, Mommy makes a soft bed for Little Snow to sleep on, but each night he cannot resist jumping on the bed, causing tiny feathers to fly down.
12) Circle! sphere!
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; color illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
"Manny, Olivia, and Mei are blowing bubbles. Manny's wand is a circle, Olivia's wand is a square, and Mei's wand is a heart. What shape will their bubbles be? Engages young children in exploring geometry and making predictions."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Olivia and Mei have two cups of cocoa and three big marshmallows. Olivia gets one marshmallow, and Mei gets one marshmallow. How will they share the last one? Engages young children in the math of sharing equally"--
14) Kite flying
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
[30] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A girl describes how her family makes and flies a kite.
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Edition
1st Dragonfly Books ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a young Chinese American girl opens fortune cookies with her family, she notices that the fortunes seem to come true, in a story which includes brief notes on the history of the fortune cookie.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The origin stories of each Chinese dish told using the framework of Chinese cuisine-oftentimes based in folklore, both ancient and contemporary"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Manny, Olivia, and Mei go apple picking and sort their red, green, and yellow apples by color. But then they find an apple that's all three colors. What should they do?"--Provided by publisher.
19) Who jumps more?
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
When Olivia and Mei compare their footprints while jumping in the snow, they realize that one makes fewer (but bigger) jumps, and the other makes more (but smaller) jumps.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Each member of a Chinese family contributes to the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Includes author's note explaining this festival's customs and traditions.