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China-Related Non-Fiction Asian-American Non-Fiction Chinese and Chinese-American Fiction
China Adoption General Adoption Parenting Children's Books
Children's Books
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Title: The Very Lonely Firefly
Author: Eric Carle
Description One night a very lonely firefly goes off
in search of friends. Each time he sees a flicker of light he flies
off toward it, but none of them turn out to be fireflies. He sees a
lantern, an owl's eyes, even headlights shining in the darkness. Will
the lonely firefly ever find creatures like himself? A classic in its
own time, The Very Lonely Firefly is finally available in a beautiful
board book format, perfect for the youngest readers and the smallest
hands. And just as in the hardcover edition, the fireflies' lights
actually light up, delighting children of all ages.
Title: The Very Quiet Cricket
Author: Eric Carle
Description The simple, repeating story of a young
cricket weho tries to say hello to the locust, worm, etc. who greet
him. He cannot make a sound until the day he meets a very quiet girl
cricket. Classic Carle illustrations on heavy stock make this ideal
for younger readers. The chirper that sounds when the last page is
opened makes an accurate cricket sound.
Title: The Five Chinese Brothers
Author: Claire Huchet Huchet Bishop
Description The classic story about five clever
brothers, each with a different extraordinary ability is "a dramatic
retelling of an old Chinese tale." (The New York Public Library)." .
. . when Bishop makes the tall brother stretch, the sea-swallower
work, or the robust one hold his breath, young children will laugh
and laugh."--New York Herald Tribune Books. Full color.
Title: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the
Big Hungry Bear
Author: Don Wood
Description Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry
bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for
himself.
Title: Black and Blue Magic
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Description Twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco is
awkward and clumsy, bearing little resemblance to his magician
namesake, until he acquires the gift of flight.
Title: The Hobbit
Author: J. R.R. Tolkien
Description Whisked away from his comfortable,
unambitious life in his hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a
company of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot
to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very
dangerous dragon.
Title: The Complete Compleat Enchanter
Author: L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt
Description Due to popular demand, Harold Shea of The
Compleat Enchanter has had new adventures which have been published
separately as The Enchanter Completed. Now, Baen Books presents a
single volume of all the adventures of Harold Shea, master logician
and wizard without peer.
Title: Five Little Monkeys
Jumping on the Bed
Author: Eileen Christelow
Description As soon as they say good night to Mama,
the five little monkeys start to jump on their bed. But trouble lies
ahead as, one by one, they fall off and hurt themselves.
Title: Good Night
Gorilla
Author: Peggy Rathmann
Description The zookeeper thinks it's the same old
bedtime routine, but all bets are off when a furry little ape gets
hold of the keys. One by one Gorilla lets the other animals out, 'til
a silent, silly lion follows the zookeeper home. The end of the story
for the zookeeper is just the beginning for his put-upon spouse,
however. Full color.
Title: The Little Gorilla
Author: Ruth Bornstein
Description Everyone loves the baby Gorilla, but as he
grows up from a sweet little thing to a big hairy ape, he wonders if
he will still be loved. Yes, of course he will--all his friends and
family are there in a heartwarming story about the constancy of
friendship and familial love. The colored pencil drawings wonderfully
depict the emotions of all the animals and especially Gorilla. 2000,
Clarion,
Title: Goodnight Moon
Author: Margaret Wise Brown,Clement Hurd
Description In a great green room, tucked away in bed,
a little bunny says goodnight to all the familiar things. The quiet
poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to
make a perfect book for the end of the day.
Title: Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Author: Robert Barry
Description "Mr. Willowby's Christmas tree/Came by
special delivery/Full and fresh and glistening green/The biggest tree
he'd ever seen." That was the trouble. The tree was so tall, it
couldn't stand up straight in his parlor. Mr. Willowby asked his
butler to chop off the top of the tree. What happens to the treetop?
Where will it be for Christmas? Snuggle up with this story and follow
along through a forest full of friendly creatures who get to share in
a bit of Christmas joy.
Title: Kids Like Me in
China
Author: Ying Ying Fry, Amy Klatzkin
Description In this first view of China adoption from
a child's perspective, eight-year-old Ying Ying Fry returns to her
orphanage to remember what it is like and to write a story so that
other adopted children will understand where they came from. Kids
Like Me in China combines real-life photos with the forthright
observations and complex feelings of an adopted child as she meets
caregivers and befriends children in the city where her life began.
This book will inspire all adopted children to take charge of their
own life stories.
Title: When You Were Born in China
Author: Sara Dorow
Description When You Were Born in China is a moving
photo-essay that provides a child's eye look at Chinese adoptions,
helping to explain some of the whys and hows that have brought these
children to their new families.
Title: I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
Author: Rose A. Lewis
Description Based on the author's own experience, this
heartfelt story follows a woman on her journey to adopt a baby girl
from China. From paperwork to plane flight, the narrative chronicles
the baby's trip from a crib in a big room shared with many other
babies to her own crib in her own room in her new room. Jane Dyer's
delicate watercolors perfectly complement this charming text, a
celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the world.
Title: Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Description Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, author
and illustrator of the best-selling When I Was Little: A Four Year
Old's Memoir of Her Youth, have joined together again to create a
fresh new picture book for every parent and every child. In asking
her parents to tell her again about the night of her birth, a young
girl shows that it is a cherished tale she knows by heart. Tell Me
Again About the Night I Was Born is a unique, exuberant story about
adoption and about the importance of a loving family.
Title: A Mother for Choco
Author: Keiko Kasza
Description A lonely little bird named Choco goes in
search of a mother.
Title: We're Different, We're the Same
Author: Bobbi Jane Kates
Description Illustrated in full color. The colorful
characters from Sesame Street teach young children about racial
harmony. Muppets, monsters, and humans compare noses, hair, and skin
and realize how different we all are. But as they look further, they
also discover how much we are alike.
Title: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Author: Iza Trapani
Description The itsy-bitsy spider encounters a fan, a
mouse, a cat, and a rocking chair as she makes her way to the top of
a tree to spin her web. Includes music on the last page.
Title: I'm a Little Tea Pot
Author: Iza Trapani
Description A kindly king and queen run afoul of an
evil sorcerer when they fail to invite him to celebrate the birth of
their long awaited princess.
Title: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Author: Iza Trapani
Description Last year, Iza Trapani's 50,000-copy
bestseller Itsy Bitsy Spider was an American Bookseller's Pick of the
Lists. Now, the author returns with the magical tale of a young
heroine who wishes upon a mischievous, twinkling star. Granting her
wish, the little star takes her on a dazzling journey through the
swirling, iridescent lights of the night sky.
Title: Silas Marner
Author: George Eliot
Description Silas Marner, a weaver who has no friends
and cares only for the gold he has saved, is robbed. But shortly
thereafter, he finds an abandoned baby girl, whom he raises as his
own child. His love for her redeems his character.