china

Presents background information, related tales, and activities for celebrating five Chinese festivals--Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival, Qing Ming, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Moon Festival.

Examines the life and works of the young Chinese girl who started painting animals at the age of three and in her teens became the youngest artist to have a one-person show at the Smithsonian Institution.

An illustrated account of Ruth Harkness' journey to China and up the Yangtze River, where she discovered a baby panda she named Su Lin.

In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.

When the beautiful tapestry woven by a poor woman is stolen by fairies, her three sons set out on a magical journey to retrieve it. A retelling of a traditional Chinese tale.

Ah-mei challenges the God of Thunder so her parched village will have water for planting crops.

Retells a Chinese tale in which a girl's colorful wedding jacket is stolen and torn into pieces, which ultimately become the flowers we know as impatiens.

Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal selected by the Jade Emperor. Includes a table showing the signs for the years 1900 through 2007, and the character traits of each sign.

Woodland animals, each thinking of his neighbor, share a turnip left on their doorstep.

Briefly describes the most important Chinese holiday, which signals the end of winter and the coming of spring.