chinese americans

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chinese americans

A China adoption story

Mommy, why do we look different?
2000
The adoptive mother of four-year-old Laura Shu-Mei tells the little girl the story of how she came to be adopted from China and brought to America to live with her new family.

Yang the youngest and his terrible ear

1996
Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father when he would rather be working on friendships and playing baseball.

Yang the eldest and his odd jobs

2002
Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.

Maya Lin

architect
1995
Offers a brief introduction to the life of architect Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.

Katie finds a job

2012
Katie must choose a job for a project at school.

The big lie

2012
When Jake loses his brand new toy airplane, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is.

La gran mentira

2013
When Jake loses his brand new toy airplane, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is.

Rabbit mooncakes

1994
A little Chinese American girl overcomes her fear of family piano recitals.

Pie-Biter =

Compasteles
1998
In the nineteenth century, a young Chinese comes to the United States to work on the railroad and develops a fondness for pies that becomes legendary.

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