Lin, Grace

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.

Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

Ling and Ting, Chinese American twins, are alike in so many ways, but they also like to point out the many ways they are different from one another.

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.

Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.

Each time Marklee gets a new neighbor he's excited to make a new friend, but the giraffe who just moved in downstairs seems to be a real grump.

Answers questions children ask about the changing seasons, and includes illustrations and related haiku.

A child describes the various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown.

Pacy and her family go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, and Pacy is excited when her parents sign her up for a Chinese painting class, but she cannot speak the language and struggles to make friends and understand the teacher's instructions.

A story inspired by Chinese legend, in which a king and queen in a lovely, peaceful land feel a tug at their hearts, pulling them closer to a child they are destined to love.