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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: May 2023 Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
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Children's Special Topics: Lunar New Year
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: Lunar New Year
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Description
Ren has always been too little to help make her favorite pineapple cakes for the Lunar New Year, but when her one-of-a-kind brother Charlie arrives for the festivities, with his help, she finally gets her chance. Includes recipe for pineapple cakes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
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Description
A Chinese American girl provides rhyming descriptions of the great variety of colors she sees around her, from the red of a dragon, firecrackers, and lychees to the brown of her teddy bear.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: Lunar New Year
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: Lunar New Year
Description
A Chinese American family prepares for and celebrates the Lunar New Year, in a book that includes endnotes discussing the customs and traditions of the Chinese New Year.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Honor for Latino Literature
Children's Recommended: Diverse Books for Read Across America
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Children's Recommended: Diverse Books for Read Across America
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Description
A little girl describes what a day is like in her parents' Chinese store in Guatemala City.
Author
Publisher
Shen's Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents Chinese folktales about a lazy farmer, a musician who played for a water buffalo, a fight between a clam and a crane, an old horse, and a man interested in dragons, and describes how they explain proverbs
7) Chinatown
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A boy and his grandmother wind their way through the streets of Chinatown, enjoying all the sights and smells of the Chinese New Year's Day.
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese girl has a dream that leads her on a long journey to her grandfather on the other side of the mountains. Includes activities intended to teach Chinese characters.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Description
A child describes the various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown.
11) Chinese New Year
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Simple text and photographs describe and illustrated Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated.
13) Chinese New Year
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Summary: A simple introduction to the traditions and festivities of Chinese New Year.
14) Grandpa grumps
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's New Books: December 2021 Picture Books
Children's Recommended: Diverse Books for Read Across America
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Recommended: Diverse Books for Read Across America
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Description
When Daisy's grandfather, or Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes glossary of Chinese words and recipe for fried rice.
15) Chinese New Year
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Read about the history of the Chinese New Year celebration and see how it is celebrated in the United States"--Provided by publisher.
16) I am golden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
This moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children, is a jubilant celebration of accepting who you are.
Author
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes many things, both familiar and unfamiliar, that originally came from China, including inventions, food, tools, animals, toys, games, musical instruments, fashion, medicine, holidays, and sports.
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