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"Animal names and their significance in Chinese culture is explained in simple bilingual text for young readers."--
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This bilingual color concept book celebrates a rainbow of traditional objects seen during the Chinese New Year.
Book cover for "Chinese of the Shang, Zhou, and Qin dynasties"
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Provides an overview of the early Chinese peoples of the Shang, Zhou, and Qin dynasties, including who they were, where they lived, their culture and daily life.
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Iron Widow volume 1.
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"The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare...
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The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with young Xingling! But Xingling is clever and thinks quickly to outwit him with Chinese New Year traditions.
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When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, are separated during China's Cultural Revolution, they are able to stay close by greeting one another every day with flying kites until Baba, like the kites, is free. Includes historical note.
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This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.