The Runaway Rice Cake

The Runaway Rice Cake PDF Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481443046
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
It's the Chinese New Year, and the Chang Family has only enough rice flour to make one nián-gão, a special New Year's rice cake, for the entire family to eat. But this delicious little nián-gão has other ideas. "Ai yo! I don't think so!" it cries, coming to life and escaping. Ming, Cong, little Da and their parents chase the nián-gão all over the village until it runs into a hungry, old woman and sends her tumbling to the ground. Though Da is a small boy, his heart is big enough to share the treat with her, even though that leaves Da's family with nothing to eat for their own celebration. But the Changs' generosity doesn't go unnoticed. When they return home, they find the Kitchen God has left a wonderful surprise for them. Ying Chang Compestine's heartwarming story conveys an important and poignant message about sharing and compassion. Tungwai Chau's soft and evocative illustrations complete this tender holiday story.

The Runaway Wok

The Runaway Wok PDF Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525420681
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Book Description
When 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.

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas PDF Author: Natasha Yim
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684446473
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this Chinese American retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," a careless Goldy Luck wreaks havoc on the home of a family of panda bears. She eats up the littlest panda’s rice porridge, breaks his rocking chair, and rumples all the blankets on his futon. When Goldy takes responsibility for her actions, she makes a new friend (and a whole plate of turnip cakes!) just in time for Chinese New Year.

Senorita Gordita

Senorita Gordita PDF Author: Helen Ketteman
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807573035
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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2013 IRA-CBC Children's Choices In this Tex-Mex retelling of The Little Gingerbread Man, Senorita Gordita--a little corn cake-- escapes from the frying pan and leads a merry chase. She runs through the desert boasting, "You'll never catch me!" while fleeing from a spider, a rattler, and other hungry creatures "with a flip, and a skip, and a zip-zoom-zip." A fast-paced and wildly illustrated twist on an old favorite.

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party PDF Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429924551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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Book Description
The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China. Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated surgeons at the best hospital in Wuhan, and her father teaches her English as they listen to Voice of America every evening on the radio. But when one of Mao's political officers moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust and hatred, Ling fears for the safety of her neighbors, and soon, for herself and her family. For the next four years, Ling will suffer more horrors than many people face in a lifetime. Will she be able to grow and blossom under the oppressive rule of Chairman Mao? Or will fighting to survive destroy her spirit—and end her life? Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

The Matzo Ball Boy

The Matzo Ball Boy PDF Author: Lisa Shulman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142407690
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Book Description
On the morning of the Passover seder, a lonely bubbe decides to make a matzo ball boy to keep her company. Soon delicious smells waft from the bubbling pot, and when she lifts the lid to see if the matzo ball boy is done, out he jumps. “Oy!” she cries. “And where do you think you’re going?” “I’m off to see the world, bubbe,” he replies. Before long, a yenta and her children, a rabbi, and a fox are all on a mad chase to catch the matzo ball boy!

Mourt's Relation

Mourt's Relation PDF Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 0918222842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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Book Description
Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.

The Runaway Tortilla

The Runaway Tortilla PDF Author: Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 194182188X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
A sassy tortilla, so light she jumps off the griddle, leads an elaborate game of chase through the desert while taunting a passel of critters—two horned toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits, five rattlesnakes, and six buckaroos. But has she met her match in Señor Coyote?

The Story of Chopsticks

The Story of Chopsticks PDF Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823415267
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
When Kuai cannot get enough to eat, he begins using sticks to grab food too hot for the hands and soon all of China uses Kual Zi or chopsticks.

Crouching Tiger

Crouching Tiger PDF Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763646423
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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Book Description
When Ming Da's Chinese grandpa comes to visit, he overcomes his initial embarrassment at his grandfather's traditions and begins to appreciate him.