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Author: Sunny Seki
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780966943764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA humble toymaker is rewarded for helping an injured cat in this story that explains the origin of the maneki neko, or lucky cat statues that are popular throughout Japan for spreading good fortune.
Author: Virginia Loh-Hagan
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2019-12-15
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1534146245
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2020 Feather Quill Reviewer's Choice Award Mei hates springtime. Why? Because it's only in the spring that Nian, a fierce dragon, is able to leave his mountain prison under the sea to terrorize the local village. When the villagers hear the rumblings of Nian's hungry stomach, they know that winter has ended and spring is coming. But this year on the night before the first day of spring, a magical warrior visits Mei in her dreams. He tells Mei that it is her destiny to face and defeat Nian. But she must do it within 15 days or the dragon will be free forever. Author Virginia Loh-Hagan (PoPo's Lucky Chinese New Year) gives this retelling of the Nian legend an original twist, while explaining the origins of Chinese New Year traditions.
Author: Vickie Lee
Publisher: Godwin Books
Published: 2017-12-26
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 1250133386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Ruby travels to her grandmother's house to bring her a gift for Chinese New Year, she is joined by all of the animals of the zodiac. Includes the legend of the Chinese horoscope and instructions for crafts. Full color.
Author: Judy Yung
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0295802057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was then put to work on the Burma-Siam railroad, made famous by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. In this moving and unforgettable memoir, Eddie recalls how he, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown, reinvented himself as a Texas cowboy before going overseas with the U.S. Army. On the way to the Philippines, his battalion was captured by the Japanese in Java and sent to Burma to undertake the impossible task of building a railroad through 262 miles of tropical jungle. Working under brutal slave labor conditions, the men completed the railroad in fourteen months, at the cost of 12,500 POW and 70,000 Asian lives. Eddie lived to tell how his background helped him endure forty-two months of humiliation and cruelty and how his experiences as the sole Chinese American member of the most decorated Texan unit of any war shaped his later life.
Author: William D. Crump
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2019-04-18
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 1476672938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year. Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop, holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons, feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas, along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas.
Author: Layla Morgan Wilde
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10-05
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780998059198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnthology of stories about and photographs of black cats.
Author: Vickie Lee
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2018-12-31
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13: 1250239036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the creative team of Ruby's Chinese New Year, Chinese medicine practitioner Vickie Lee and illustrator Joey Chou--the visual development artist of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse--present this bilingual baby picture book introducing Chinese characters through the animals of the Chinese zodiac. The adventure loving Dragon, the carefree Horse, and the artistic Goat are just three of the 12 Lucky Animals to be found in the Chinese zodiac, rendered here in bright illustrations. Use the wheel on the back cover to help little readers discover who their lucky animal is and how to pronounce its name in Chinese and English.
Author: Richard Uhl
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2008-10-07
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 0595610382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTom Tyler, a salesman for a food service company, doesn't believe in luck. For twenty-five years, he's worked hard to achieve success at his job and in his marriage, even resisting the temptation to have an affair with a beautiful co-worker. But Tom's luck is about to change. After discovering his car has been stolen, he stumbles into the underbelly of Chinatown, where a violent underworld thrives. All he wants to do is get to a police station, but before he can, two thugs confront him on a quiet side street. Tom barely escapes the encounter as a man known only as Fong, a Chinese gang leader, watches from the shadows. When Fong sees Tom enter a police station, he assumes the worst and orders him killed. Now, Tom finds himself battling for his life. Likewise, so does Ming Yee Lin, an illegal immigrant who Fong has snuck into the country and enslaved. To free themselves from the gang, both Tom and Lin will need some breaks to start going their way. Otherwise, they will find themselves dead because of Wrong Conclusions.
Author: Alec Ash
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-03-07
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1628727659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Ash’s book paints a telling portrait of this most restless generation raised in a system that has provided them with unprecedented personal opportunities while denying them political ones . . . A gifted observer.”—Washington Post If China will rule the world one day, who will rule China? There are more than 320 million Chinese between the ages of sixteen and thirty. Children of the one-child policy, born after Mao, with no memory of the Tiananmen Square massacre, they are the first net native generation to come of age in a market-driven, more international China. Their experiences and aspirations were formed in a radically different country from the one that shaped their elders, and their lives will decide the future of their nation and its place in the world. Wish Lanterns offers a deep dive into the life stories of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child, netizen, and self-styled loser. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north. “Fred,” born on the tropical southern island of Hainan, is the daughter of a Party official, while Lucifer is a would-be international rock star. Snail is a country boy and Internet gaming addict, and Mia is a fashionista rebel from far west Xinjiang. Following them as they grow up, go to college, find work and love, all the while navigating the pressure of their parents and society, Wish Lanterns paints a vivid portrait of Chinese youth culture and of a millennial generation whose struggles and dreams reflect the larger issues confronting China today.
Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-01-06
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 0525420681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family's house with a skippity-hoppity-ho! and returns from the rich man's home with a feast in tow! With spirited text and lively illustrations, this story reminds readers about the importance of generosity.
